Veterans' Day 2011Veterans' Day 2011

Remembering the Service Remembering the Service and the Sacrificeand the Sacrifice

Acheim was traveling through the Acheim was traveling through the desert…desert…

““In the morning you will be both In the morning you will be both happy and sad.”happy and sad.”

As we celebrate Veterans’ Day we As we celebrate Veterans’ Day we too should be both happy and too should be both happy and sad…sad…

Happy for the serviceHappy for the service

Sad for the sacrificeSad for the sacrifice

This morning we This morning we remember the service remember the service

and the sacrifice.and the sacrifice.

““I praise the Lord, who is my I praise the Lord, who is my strength.strength.

He teaches my hands to war, He teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:and my fingers to fight:

He is my goodness, and my He is my goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, my fortress; my high tower, my

deliverer, deliverer, and my shield.and my shield.

I trust in him; for he subdues the I trust in him; for he subdues the people under me.”people under me.”

Psalm 144:1,2Psalm 144:1,2

Remember the ServiceRemember the Service

We live in a sad and fallen worldWe live in a sad and fallen world Good men and women must stand to Good men and women must stand to

the wall and say, “You shall not the wall and say, “You shall not pass!”pass!”

God calls good men and women to God calls good men and women to this servicethis service

God blesses those who serve Him in God blesses those who serve Him in this waythis way

We live in a sad and fallen worldWe live in a sad and fallen world

Good men and women must stand Good men and women must stand to the wall and say, “You shall not to the wall and say, “You shall not

pass!”pass!”

““Freedom is not Freedom is not free.”free.”

In the fallen world In the fallen world strength is needed strength is needed to protect the weakto protect the weak

God calls good men and God calls good men and women to this servicewomen to this service

““I praise the Lord, who is my I praise the Lord, who is my strength.strength.He teaches my hands to war, He teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.”and my fingers to fight.”

Those who serve in Those who serve in the the armed forces serve armed forces serve GodGod

God blesses those who serve God blesses those who serve Him in this wayHim in this way

““He is my He is my goodness, and my goodness, and my fortress; fortress; my high tower, my high tower, my deliverer, my deliverer, and my shield.”and my shield.”

We entrust those We entrust those who serve to His who serve to His keeping and keeping and protectionprotection

Remember the SacrificeRemember the Sacrifice

All who serve in armed forces make All who serve in armed forces make sacrificessacrifices

The families of those who are serving The families of those who are serving make great sacrificesmake great sacrifices

We can never forget those who have We can never forget those who have given their lives in sacrifice for usgiven their lives in sacrifice for us

The Son of God sacrificed His life to The Son of God sacrificed His life to bring them to Himself in heaven.bring them to Himself in heaven.

All who serve in armed forces All who serve in armed forces make sacrificesmake sacrifices

The families of those who are The families of those who are serving make great sacrificesserving make great sacrifices

We can never forget those who We can never forget those who have given their lives in sacrifice have given their lives in sacrifice

for usfor us““The world may little note The world may little note

nor long remember what nor long remember what we say here…But we can we say here…But we can never forget what they never forget what they did here.”did here.”

The Son of God sacrificed His The Son of God sacrificed His life to bring them to Himself in life to bring them to Himself in

heaven.heaven.

““For me to live is Christ and to die For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.”is gain.”

Jesus died for us all so that we Jesus died for us all so that we may have eternal lifemay have eternal life

What happened with Acheim?What happened with Acheim?

When Acheim emptied out his pockets When Acheim emptied out his pockets he found that all the stones had he found that all the stones had turned into fine jewels.turned into fine jewels.

He was happy for his wealth…He was happy for his wealth…But then he was sad, because he had But then he was sad, because he had

not picked up more stones.not picked up more stones.

This day we are happy and sadThis day we are happy and sad

Happy for the serviceHappy for the service

Sad for the sacrificeSad for the sacrifice

And we remember and thank And we remember and thank God for those who have served God for those who have served

and have sacrificedand have sacrificed