Memorial Day 2010

David Copeland May 31, 2010 5:39 pm

Today we have done what most other American have done; celebrated Memorial Day with our family! I am very grateful to Jesus for giving me the opportunity to spend it with my group! They are an outstanding bunch that God is using in a tremendous way!

But this day is more than a day that signals the official start of summer. More than a day to eat the first fruits watermelon, grill ribs or take a ride on a boat at the nearby lake. It is a day to remember the blood sweat and tears that have been shed so we could do all I listed above!

Against my better judgment I surf the Internet through news websites and political blogs in what little free time I have. I feel that as a Christian I should be informed of what is happening in our world and stay abreast of the political happenings. I am a Christian and a preacher. But I am also a citizen of this great country.

During the last few days I have been literally made sick to my stomach seeing how many people post comments on news sites that absolutely hate the United States. And they claim to be citizens of this country.

I realize better than anyone we are in a mess. Politically, socially, economically; and we are a mess spiritually. But I can tell you from first hand experience: America is still the greatest nation on the planet! We are the only country of the world people are still trying to sneak INTO and not sneak OUT OF!

The freedoms we so take for granted are not made possible by our ingenuity, our yankie cockiness or our ability to broker back room deals in Washington DC: our freedoms are made possible by the brave men and women who have given their lives in service and sacrifice so we might be free!

So to all our fallen heroes and their families who have served in every branch of the Military I say THANK YOU! Every time I pull through a hamburger drive through I thank you; every time I turn a light switch on and the lights come on I thank you! Every time I turn the water on to take a hot shower I thank you! Every time I see a sinner walk down the aisle of a church service in which I am ministering, I thank you soldier, and I than you the soldier's family. Every time we walk out of church and not see people standing in the yard with machine guns to arrest us for Worshipping God: I thank you!

Most of all, I thank Jesus for giving HIS life so we could be free!