Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 - 9:20 a.m.
Nov 11- Day of the Dead
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Millions gave up their lives-
millions more gave up their youth
millions more lost limbs,
eyes, minds. futures..
Nobody liked serving under arms
for a government they were for the large part indifferent to..
Their Fathers who had served
in the Great War a generation before instructed them in the intimacy of childhood of the horrors and indignities of war.
Death from terrible weapons,
disease from terrible living conditions, hearts & souls poisoned with fear & doubt every moment
without respite,
year after tear
with no end in sight.
Knowing this full well,
when the call for help arrived teenagers. husbands , fathers, brothers, sons, neighbors
took up arms ,
submitted to hasty training
in the arts of war
and then entered the final struggle
in many parts of the world simultaneously ,
Their foe was the militant collective of ruthless & ambitious nations
who openly declared their goal
was control of the whole world,
and domination over the affairs
of the planet forever.
The foe were cleverly organized,
well equipped determined aggressors ready willing & able
to destroy
all opposition
to their wicked ambitions.
In the end,
the good guys prevailed
over the bad guys
but at a terrible cost -
one that civilians
will never ever fully appreciate
The after effects of a world
at war with itself
has still not been fully resolved, generations later.
Had the Allies not prevailed,
how different the world
would be today..
The blessings of freedom
and opportunity to live as we choose that we take for granted
like the air we breathe
is ours to live
because of the sacrifices
of others before us.
They lived, loved fought and died
so that God's will
and not man's will
would shape the destiny of the world for ever and ever, amen.
if we can't remember the people
who shaped the world we love,
we can appreciate that many lives
were spent back then
so that our lives
could live free
in a future which is now
The men who fell fighting
yo ensure the bright future
we live in now loved their lives
as much as you love yours.
The iron faith war veterans show
in honouring the memory
of their dead brothers
many decades before
gives you some idea
of the generosity of spirit
their generation mustered up
when it was called for.
Could you, wouid you do the same
oh men and women of today ?
