In Remembrance
Just a quick "Thank You" to our military on Memorial Day seems far too small. Not to mention those who have bled the grounds of the world red on our behalf as Americans. We are spoiled rotten by God's mercy in this Nation, and one of the primary means God has used to protect us and our freedoms is our military's sacrifices. So, to troops past and present, I say "Thank You." We met and worshipped yesterday in freedom (spiritual and political). We should be quick to thank God for Marines, Soldiers, Airmen, Coast Guardsmen and Sailors and their families serving around the globe. Thank you!
That said, let us never forget the words of the Psalmist: "Some trust in chariots and some in horses but we will trust in the Name of the Lord our God."
May God keep us a free people, but if He does give this Nation justice (and what we deserve from Him is wrath), may we as His people in Christ cry out with Job, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him!"
And God give us grace to fix our eyes on the only Ultimate sacrifice that will matter forever: "He Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live for righteousness; by His stripes you were healed. For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls" (1 Peter 2:24-25).
May we never forget the cross, the blood, the resurrection life in Jesus Christ the King!