Lest We Forget

Friends and Family,

This is Danny and it is my FIRST post. Jacqueline has been patiently waiting for me to write my first post and admittedly I have been nervous. However, I thought it befitting to write my first post today...a day that is very important to me. Memorial Day.

Those of us who have served know how important it is to honor those who have paid the ultimate price for our freedom. That's not to say that those who have not served don't hold this day in their hearts as important. Those of us who have served are often thanked and praised on Memorial Day for serving and fighting and protecting. I want to take this opportunity to remind everyone that those of us that have served and are still living have another day Veteran's Day. This day is for those Heroes that have fallen. Now I don't want to paint a picture of an ungrateful soldier that would scoff at the kind words of my fellow Americans on this day, nor do I imply that you don't thank a Soldier, Airman, Marine, or Sailor for serving...that should be done on any day, but rather I am trying to deliver an understanding of the true meaning of this day Memorial Day. That understanding is that we spend time in prayer, we go visit a memorial, we educate our children and we remind others around us what a selfless sacrifice it is to give up your life for millions of people that you don't even know. All in the name of the United States of America. All in the name of freedom, security and safety of the United States of America. People can say what they want about the gas prices, the food prices, the deficit...complain about the president, congress, their state leaders...complain about the traffic yadda yadda yadda...but remind them that they have the FREEDOM to complain...the FREEDOM to move about whenever they want...the FREEDOM to pray however they want...all because somebody's brother, sister, father, mother, Uncle, Aunt, Husband, Wife, cousin, girlfriend, boyfriend paid that ultimate price so that they could.

Father in Heaven, thank you for those brave men and women that have sacrificed their lives so that we could have the freedoms we cherish here in this country. Father we lift up the hearts of the family members that they left behind so that their hearts would feel joy that they were loved so much that a life was sacrificed to protect them. Father we lift up the minds of those who don't have family members that died so they would have the wisdom to understand the multitude of men and women that loved this country so much that they sacrificed for their freedom too. Father I pray that you would prick all the hearts of all the people of this country, believers and non-believers, so that they would feel the depth of what these servicemen and women did for them.  Father we are grateful and humbled by their sacrifice. In Jesus' blessed name. AMEN!

These days should be remembered and observed in every generation, by every family, and in every province and in every city.  Esther 9:28