“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." John 15:12-13 NRSV
Jesus lay down his life not just for his friends. He did not have to sacrifice his life for us. He chose to. He chose to lay down his life for those who loved him as well as those rejected him and refused to live in the truth.
Today is Armistice Day. Armistice with Germany went into effect on the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. Today, we remember all Veterans of the many wars that this country has been involved in since our inception. It is for freedom's sake that our armed services generally find themselves in armed conflicts or war. It is not for their own sakes that they fight; but, for the sake of loved ones; friends; even enemies; for the sake of the whole they are willing to lay down their lives.
Today we give thanks for all who are willing to lay down their lives that others might live and lively freely.
God's Peace - Pr. J
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