It is time again to recognize Veterans Day ----- one of the most significant and memorable days of the year. We can repeat our appreciation and offer our loyalty daily as it is always appropriate to honor and show our heartfelt gratitude for all of the men and women throughout history who have allowed us liberty and freedom.  We are living in tumultuous times and each day appears to spawn news of a tragedy somewhere.   It causes us to pause and reflect upon all the military personnel who have served and those who continue to serve to protect this great nation. Many serve in harm’s way and face unbelievable atrocities, fear and danger. May God grant them the strength and courage to carry out their important assignment and provide His peace and loving grace to each one.

There are so many of us Americans that proudly fly our flag because we love the United States of America and feel privileged to live here.  We remember with tremendous pride what this country stands for and how we got this freedom and how we continue to preserve it. Our Veterans have fought to keep us free. They have risked their lives, many lost their lives and many each day put their lives in danger so that we may try to continue to live in freedom.  We must face the future prepared and courageously act to defend our ability to remain free to speak what is on our minds, have the ability to go wherever we want and most importantly, feel   free to practice the religion of our choice and to honor God as we choose.

If you get a chance personally to thank those you know who have served or are currently serving our country, please do so.  They are extremely worthy of our gratitude and we definitely need to support their sacrifices ---their service far exceeds anyone’s political beliefs. These are individuals defending all of us!   They are extraordinary individuals you can be sure.  Thank God that we have a special day designated to honor our veterans, but may we remember them in prayer every day.

We praise God for our impressive military and thank each and every one of you who has served or who has family or friends currently serving. Have a safe and memorable Veteran’s Day.

God richly bless all of you is our prayer,

Danny, Allen, Mark and Tommy