Hello everyone and welcome back to Deeper Waters where we are diving into the ocean of truth! Today, before we go back to a regular topic, I’m going to take a break once more because I believe today we need to recognize Veterans’ Day and honor those who are alive and have served in the armed forces.
I am not a pacifist. It does not mean I like war. I believe Patton once said “War is Hell.” I agree with him from what I’ve heard. I cannot serve due to disability. However, I have respect for those who do. It amazes me some people are willing to face taking a bullet so that I won’t have to fear taking one myself some day.
As I write this blog, I realize I do live in the best nation on Earth. I’m not going to say I love everything about America. I hate that we are killing our children in the name of women’s rights. I hate that we are taking the sacred institution of marriage and changing it just to make some people happy. I hate that we are building up a victim mentality where we have to put a safeguard around everyone’s feelings.
What do I love however? I love that our nation was founded on Christian principles that embrace the dignity of man made in the image of his creator. I love that I can state that I am free. There are some people who are atheists here. That’s their right. I also have the right to go and worship in church freely and carry a Bible and no one can stop me. I also realize that there are people of other faiths here and they have the right to worship also.
Right now, our economy is bad and my wife and I are in tough times. However, I realize this is the best nation on Earth for us to be in those times. I come home to a place with heating and electricity and indoor plumbing. I can drive my own car to a grocery store and pick up items that my wife and I can eat.
Let’s not forget knowledge. I love knowledge. I can get on the internet and read what I want to on there and this blog I am doing now could be read by people all over the world. I have several libraries around me and I can go and get books and better educate myself on a number of topics. I am pursuing my education in Seminary now and I have the freedom to do that.
The ontological basis of my freedom is of course God, but the instrumental means he’s often used to preserve that is men and women who are willing to go out and fight because they believe that this nation is worth defending. They believe this nation is even worth dying for and they’re prepared to do that.
We must never lose sight of what these people did. Let us never take freedom for granted, for we will then cease to see how great a gift it is.
God bless our Veterans!
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