Today there are several thousands of soldiers in Iraq and each one of them is there to protect you. There is no doubt about it; the purpose of their personal sacrifice is to defend you and your country. I am lucky to know a few veterans of Vietnam who are personal heroes to me. Personally I love the USA; it is the greatest country of them all. I may jokingly say I am moving to Canada to live among my fellow hockey lovers but I would never trade Old Glory for that stupid maple leaf. Since I love the USA so much I have thanked the veterans I know and have had a chance to meet. When they fought I was not even a thought here on earth but I cannot tell you how much their sacrifice means to me. Would you believe not one of them has ever said, "I made this sacrifice but…" anything? Their sacrifice was unconditionally to all Americans and so many soldiers go unrecognized for their contributions but one goes unrecognized more than any other.
Unfortunately today you can barley turn on your TV without hearing about a death in Iraq. Everyday someone loses a father, a son, a mother, a daughter, a friend and so and so forth. Rarely you will hear story about a soldier who jumped on a grenade to save his platoon but you never hear the story of the soldier who jumped on the grenade to save the whole world. I am talking about Jesus.
There is no difference if you are White, Black, Asian, Native American or anything else. There is no difference if you are Catholic, Methodist, Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim or anything else. There is no difference because God loves the world so much that he sent his one and only son so for whoever believes in him shall not perish but receive eternal life. If you barely sin or sin like hell there is no difference because all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. There is no difference. Jesus gift was unconditional more than any other gift. He will never say I died on the cross for you but… anything. He paid off all your sins once and for all.
When will we see that there is no difference, I am tired of going backwards. I love my veterans including Christ, who is at the top of my list and we owe it to them to move forward. The only way we can move forward is to love. Hate does not change anything or anyone it just pisses you off and I am tired of being pissed off. I want to be like Christ so bad and fail so much but I just got to keep going. He changes, heals and most of all loves you; without that I am nothing. Help me get through this.
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