Memorial Day

No politics today, as I write to honor those who are currently serving their country in uniform, those who have worn the uniform in the past, those who have been wounded in defense of freedom, and those who have given their lives for that precious ideal.

It is both unfortunate and sad that wars are still fought and that warriors are needed.

However, with every bullet fired, with every bomb dropped, and with every missile launched, we degrade and devalue the holiness and beauty that is inherent in our human existence. Therefore, even through the darkest periods of our existence as a species, we must always aspire to a higher level.

I hope we can eventually earn the peace prophesied by Isaiah and others:

<< Isaiah 2:4 >>

American King James Version
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.


Isaiah 9:5 For every boot of the booted warrior in the battle tumult, And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.

Isaiah 9:7 There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.

Isaiah 11:6 And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the young goat, And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together

Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness will be peace, And the service of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

Isaiah 32:18 Then my people will live in a peaceful habitation, And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places;

Hosea 2:18 "In that day I will also make a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, The birds of the sky And the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land, And will make them lie down in safety.

Joel 3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, "I am a mighty man."