Remember

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~ Historical ~

 

President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed a public holiday, Armistice Day, to honor those who died in the terrible conflict we refer to as World War I. He declared this annual remembrance on November 11, 1919 – one year after the end of that brutal war!  It was so horrific it is also known as “The Great War.”

 

President Wilson’s intent was that the nation would be filled with pride for the heroism of all those who died in service to their country. He intended that Americans would be grateful for the victory. These are his words: “The reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory,”

 

In 1954 the name was changed from Armistice Day to Veterans Day, to make the day more inclusive honoring all servicemen and women, both past and present.

 

~ Relevance ~

 

May you this Veterans Day pause and give thanks to the veterans in your life and those from generations past. Offer gratitude to God for the ones who fought to secure the rights and freedoms we hold dear.

 

~ Scripture ~

 

“This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends” (John 15:12-13).

 

Jesus said, “As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd. Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again” (John 10:15-18a).

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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