War is ugly, devastating, stressful, families blown apart, and it has been happening since the beginning of time. While I lost friends in the Vietnam War, all of my family members made it back home from the trenches. I am the lucky one who got them back and got to hear their stories when I got older. What I am also most thankful for is my best friend, Jesus. Let us never forget His sacrifice for our eternal life.
The water-stained picture of my dad as a young man in the military before I was born depicts the man who willingly boarded a bomber plane and went into danger for the sake of the freedoms for our country, America. My grandfather served overseas as well as a young man many years before this to preserve America’s freedoms. I am thankful for their sacrifices and those of other family members and friends who gave up their comforts of home to go to war for this country founded on the principles of In God We Trust.
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:12-15
Hebrew Root Meaning of Friend: to join, bind, connect, and a shepherd who tends their flocks to feed physically and spiritually. Hebrew Root Meaning of Veteran: an army or group of seasoned warriors and Defender of Nations
What or who are you Defending?
Photo Credit: Official Military Photo – my dad, Rudy Galloway; Photo of my dad, the veteran, and with his Saddlebred horse, Miranda