life for life ...

For some it was a simple choice
some, the hardest ever
some, a decision made for them
some, a matter of family history
for all it was the highest honor.

For some it was enlisting
some, their number was up
some, just a slave taking the place of their master
some, a job
for all it was a new beginning.

For some it was for an education
some, to provide for a family
some, to protect the homeland
some, to give freedom to the trampled
for all it was a right of passage.

For some it was the love of planes
some, the love of sea
some, the love of fast skies
some, the love of guns
for all it was what they could contribute.

For some it was the open fields of home
some, the rush up the open beaches
some, the sticky jungles of a foreign land
some, the secret missions no one knows
for all it was a fire of the worst hell.

For some in the arms of a beautiful lady
some, in rivers of brotherhood
some, in the presence of enemies
some, all alone but in the keeping of God's angels
for all it laying down their life for another.
~ keeper©
for Memorial Day 2006
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thoughts on war...
Where was God? Why did He allow this to happen?
These questions are in reference to the Holocaust spoken by a Jew who survived and by the German Pope. I too had those questions in secret as tears welled up in my eyes. But it wasn't God who massed murdered. It is a human responsibility. God has given us the freedom to choose life, the freedom to promote life, the freedom to give love, the freedom to delight.....

Sure God could have sent an army of ten thousand angels, but He wanted His angels in human flesh. War isn't the top choice for peace but sometimes it is the only way to free our fellow brothers.

''Honor is a decision we make to place high value, worth, and importance on another person by viewing him/her as a priceless gift and granting him/her a position in our lives worthy of great respect; and love involves that decision into action.'' fr: gary smalley

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13
honoring those who have fallen & their families ...