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- MC #78 Miracles of Jesus Christ!
- MC #77 NOTHING IN TO THE WORLD!
- MC #76 A FRIEND GONE HOME!
- MC #75 CHOICES WE MAKE!
- Mc #74 MERRY CHRISTMAS
- MC #73 JESUS IS!
- MC #72 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE!
- MC #71 Do NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED!
- MC #70 IDOLS
- MC #69 PRAISE & THANKSGIVING!
MC #76 A FRIEND GONE HOME!
January 9th, 2008 by micharlie
“A FRIEND GONE HOME!”
Tuesday evening Sherry and I attended funeral for a friend from church. I was hit by several things during the service.
First was seeing the size of one person family and the effect he had on the world! Joe had 10 kids, so his family was large. Over and over again we heard of his love of the Lord!
Next I learned of how humble Joe was! He served in the Navy during World War Two as a corpsman.
Lastly I was moved by the military rites honoring a fallen comrade! I watch these older men and women passing by one who had served!
Historically the places and the titles may have changed, but our armed forces should be just as favorably valued as the Centurions of the Bible. Being a soldier was highly revered. For example, Paul describes Epaphroditus, a fellow Christian as a “fellow soldier” (Philippians 2:25). The Bible also uses military terms to describe being strong in the Lord by putting on the whole armor of God (Ephesians 6:10-20).
Romans 13:1-5 gives us the God-ordained role of government in society:
1) to govern with authority from God (v1-2)
2) to praise the good in society (v4)
3) to punish the evildoer in society (v4)
4) to bear the sword and execute wrath against wrongdoers (v4)
No matter what our views on the current war, we must never forget those that have served to give us the freedom to voice our opinions. We must never stop voicing those opinions to our elected officials as in the end we all are the government!
George Santayana: Philosopher, poet, literary and cultural critic, once wrote – “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
Let us not repeat the treatment of the Vietnam Solders!
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Well until next time this MI Charlie wishing each of you a God Blessed week.
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