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Thanks Kathy, great information about America’s highest Military Award.
May God Bless these brave men and women serving our country as well as their families. May we never forget as a nation the price paid for freedom.
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So many brave soldiers. Where evil abounds good abounds greatly.
My salute to all who serve, and those who have served.
My neighbor, country neighbor, was awarded the Silver Star. I didn’t know it until I was visiting and noticed the certificate on the wall of his den. He was a real hero.
Sometimes I see a report and think maybe on a good day I might have done that but of course will never know. Then there are ones and I think, never in a million years could I have done that.
~ National Medal of Honor Day, March 25 ~
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Bible in a Year: Joshua 19–21; Luke 2:25–52
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9
A friend and I went for a walk with her grandkids. While pushing the stroller, she commented that her steps were being wasted—they weren’t being counted on the activity tracker she wore on her wrist because she wasn’t swinging her arm. I reminded her that those steps were still helping her physical health. “Yeah,” she laughed. “But I really want that electronic gold star!”
I understand how she feels! Working toward something without immediate results is disheartening. But rewards aren’t always immediate or immediately visible.
When that’s the case, it’s easy to feel that the good things we do are useless, even helping a friend or being kind to a stranger. Paul explained to the church in Galatia, however, that “a man reaps what he sows” (Galatians 6:7). But we must “not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest” (v. 9). Doing good isn’t the way to gain salvation, and the text doesn’t specify whether what we reap will be now or in heaven, but we can be assured that there will be “a harvest of blessing” (6:9 nlt).
Doing good is difficult, especially when we don’t see or know what the “harvest” will be. But as with my friend who still gained the physical benefit from walking, it’s worth continuing to do good because the blessing is coming!
Are you discouraged? Ask God to help you trust Him to be faithful in what He’s called you to do. What good thing can you do for someone today?
Thanks Kathy for this posting. Little-known factoid about the MOH. The first soldier to become a double recipient of the Medial of Honor was Gen. Custer’s brother, Thomas, who was also killed at the Little Big Horn. His head was smashed to pieces by rocks, and he was only identifiable by a tattoo of his initials on his arm. However, his Medal of Honor awards were for actions carried out during the Civil War.
I think Douglas MacArthur and his Father both were awarded the medal of honor. The WW2 award may have been a little suspect but I have read of his (and a lieutenant named Patton’s)conduct in WWI and they both were extremely brave.
I think TR and his Son also were both awarded the medal.
People do weird **** when the boats on fire.
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To all our military men and women, past and present,
How's everyone doing this morning?