Veterans Day 2007 My Thoughts, Thanks and Blessings

VETERANS DAY THOUGHTS, THANKS AND BLESSINGS


As I contemplate our nation, I stop to honor the young men and women who have fought and those who died to guard our freedoms. My Dad, my older brother Jim, my friends and school mates during Viet Nam, my nephews Ross and Justin, and my neighbor Jeremy who have made it home. With a tear in my eye and a catch in my throat I think of my neighbor, Adrian who came home in a box with a flag, but went to heaven on the way. There are many others but these are close to me. You have your heroes too.

Freedom: To say what we want, blog, write, advertise, debate, disagree out loud. You can't do that in many parts of the world. I think of our free elections and how only 30% of the people cared to vote in our recent election. I think of Gill and Paul and other missionaries who bring Bibles and the word to people around the world.

Freedom: To pray how, when and where we desire. I think of my friend Sam Susan whose family was taken from their home and publicly beaten in the City Hall where he grew up in Eastern Europe. Just because they would pray to a Christian God. No wonder he and his family take the fact that they can go to their church in Kent on a Sunday as such an important thing. No wonder I enjoy the worship, teaching and preaching at Renton Christian Center where we attend in Fairwood.

Freedom: To live anywhere equally with others, without regard to color, creed, style, type or other goofy titles that people try to use to isolate others. The right to have equal housing is particularly important to me and my real estate business. I will be glad when our country is four more generations down the road and we don't have to answer questions on forms of what race we are because we will be so mixed together that we are some of each.

Freedom: To pursue a life worth living, businesses worth owning and our own idea of the pursuit of happiness.

Take a look at the youtube movie in my favorites. A Pittance of Time. Two minutes to be silent and honor our Veterans. Take time to be thankful and teach your kids what this means too.
Blessings and honor with THANKS to the USA Veterans.

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I'm not sure if this fits the profile for Active Rain - but without these freedoms it would sure be hard to help people buy and sell homes.