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[PhiKapMom]

I have been watching this on MSNBC -- very touching and beautiful service -- brings tears to your eyes. The lady that sang God Bless America is the best I have heard since Kate Smith!

[PhiKapMom]

The service has concluded and MSNBC is playing the Star Spangled Banner with the most beautiful pictures and the final saying Home of the Brave! Very touching to end the service by them instead of talking about it!

[Happy2BMe]

Col. Robert H. Woods Jr., acting Fort Bliss commander, salutes during a memorial ceremony honoring nine U.S. Army soldiers of the 507th Maintenance Company, Friday, April 11, 2003, at Fort Bliss, Texas. The soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed March 23, 2003, near Nasiriyah, Iraq

Christopher Karron , 9, places a poster on a display following the memorial ceremony honoring nine U.S. Army soldiers of the 507th Maintenance Company, Friday, April 11, 2003, at Fort Bliss, Texas. The soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed March 23, 2003, near Nasiriyan, Iraq

U.S. Army soldiers walk near a massive arch of swords at Saddam Hussein military parade grounds Friday, April 11, 2003

[geopyg]

The following was originally printed in a daily devotional that my Mom gave to my Dad as he was shipped off on a minesweeper to the Pacific in WW II. “Strength for Service to God and Country”. Was the devotional for SEPTEMBER 11. Written by Dovert Walton McElroy, First Christian Church, El Paso, TX.

CHOSEN TO SUFFER

“They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.” (Acts 5:41).

All of us are called upon to suffer in one way or another. Much of our suffering goes to waste because it is not geared up with an all-compelling purpose. A great cause, such as liberty, chooses men who are big enough to suffer, men who “can take it.” It chooses men who have the stuff in them to endure hardships; who can laugh at privations; who are willing to give up privileges, comforts, and ease. It chooses men like the apostles who, after being treated in a most shameful way and cruelly flogged, came from that experience rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer for the name of Christ.

Great causes have a way of choosing men who are worthy to suffer. And it is through men that suffer that great causes come to victory. The highest blessings that we enjoy today came in this way. Christ on the cross, Washington at Valley Forge, Lincoln baited by newspapers and even by his cabinet members, and a few among many who were chosen to suffer for great purposes and were found worthy – bringing victory to the cause that chose them.

In these days, the great cause of liberty is again choosing men to suffer for its sake. Shall we who are chosen be found worthy?

Prayer:

Our Father, we are being called upon to suffer for the sake of all men everywhere. The great cause of liberty, with all that it means, is calling for men who are worthy. Wilt Thou make us worthy in every way. Keep the high purpose of freedom upper-most in our hearts, and cleanse us from all selfishness. Dedicate us anew to the high cause of world brotherhood, and give us the victory of an enduring peace. And so shall our suffering be not in vain. In the Spirit of Christ we pray. Amen

[anymouse]

A Texas-sized ping please, for our fallen Texas soldiers.