Some Give All

And some hearts break.

Psalm 68:5 English Standard Version (ESV)

5 Father of the fatherless and protector of widows

    is God in his holy habitation.

Have a Great Weekend But Still Remember

John 15:13 English Standard Version (ESV)

13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Twila Paris - What Did He Die For

It Was Worth It

“It was worth it, Abe,” read the notes on the back of this U.S. Coast Guard photo from the 1940s, “so that … ‘freedom … shall not perish from the earth …’ A fighting Coast Guardsman, who gave his right arm in battle pays Memorial Day tribute at the Lincoln shrine in Washington, D.C. He is Coast Guardsman Thomas Sortino of Chicago, who participated in the North African invasion.” Photo from U.S. Coast Guard

May this country be worth their sacrifices.

We Remember

Taps - US Army Ceremonial Band 

Because Memorial Day Is More...

…than a long weekend and the start of summer.

Job 13:15

New International Version (NIV)

15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him;

    I will surely[a] defend my ways to his face.

1 Peter 4:13

English Standard Version (ESV)

13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.

Deuteronomy 31:6

English Standard Version (ESV)

6 Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Psalm 91:1-2
New International Version (NIV)
Psalm 91
1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.[a]
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
    my God, in whom I trust.”

Shadow of The Almighty, Phil Driscoll

A Time To Remember

With a wrist that still needs healing,  I'll just give a picture and a song for this time of remembering those who've sacrificed their all.