"MONDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY." My title says this in GERMAN because if it wasn't for those Americans who died defeating Hitler, we might all be speaking it now. (Silly intro?? Maybe...but it makes a point, I trust!!)
Anyway, the big issue is what exactly IS Memorial Day?? Well it is NOT primarily a time for barbeques, baseball and honoring everyone who has served, or IS serving, in our military. Memorial Day is specifically to honor those who "gave all" in the service of our nation and who kept us FREE.
I change our church sign every week...last week, the sign read "THOSE WHO SERVE DESERVE OUR THANKS" and I was thinking about keeping it in place through Monday, Memorial Day.
Then, I realized it would NOT be appropriate because "THOSE WHO SERVE" is present tense. Memorial Day is about those who HAVE served...and died...and as the dead can longer HEAR our expressions of thankfulness there in Eternity, the old sign would not work on a FEW levels. (Thanks why I changed it to the NEW sign you see pictured.)
So remember...as you and enjoy the Fruits of Freedom this Memorial Day weekend, "ALL GAVE SOME, BUT SOME GAVE ALL." And humanly speaking, that's why we are where we are, living FREE, here in 2018 America!!
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