Day 317

I am grateful for veterans.

I love this meme. I subbed at the high school on Friday and was able to attend the Veteran's Day assembly. They take it seriously, and all the students are expected to behave respectfully, which they did. A young veteran was invited to speak. He served in Iraq where four of the guys from his squadron were killed by a mortar blast. He was involved in seeing that their remains were returned to the family after only 36 hours. He told them that if they forget everything else he said, to remember this one thing:  Freedom isn't free. These men were willing to give everything "so that you could be sitting here today, free." A twenty-one gun salute followed outside, after which the band played "Taps."

Let us give thanks corporately for the service and honor of all our American veterans. We are the land of the free and the home of the brave because of their faithful commitment, some to the end of their short lives.

Thank You, Lord, for all who served, and served well.