A Day for Gratitude

"...highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that Government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg

November 19, 1863

Let us remember with grateful hearts those brave men who have followed Christ's calling with true completeness:

No greater love hath a man than this; than to lay down his life for His friends.

Lord, may we never take for granted the freedom we enjoy, nor every breath that we are given.