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October 24 ~
Respect Life Month
PATRIOTISM is welcoming our veterans back home
A man’s spirit sustains him in
infirmity – but a broken spirit who can bear?
~ Proverbs 17:14
A soldier who was finally coming
home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents.
“Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, but I’ve a favor to ask. I have a
friend I’d like to bring home with me.”
“Sure,” they replied, “we’d love to meet him.”
“There’s something you should know.” the son continued, “He was
hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mine and
lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him
to come live with us.”
“I’m sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find
somewhere to live.”
“No, I want him to live with us.”
“Son,” said the father, “you don’t know what you’re asking. He
would be a terrible burden. He’ll find a way to live on his
own.”
Their son hung up the phone. They heard nothing more from him
until they received word that he had died after falling from a
building – suicide. The grief-stricken parents were taken to
identify the body. They recognized him, but to their horror they
also discovered something they didn’t know – their son had only
one arm and one leg. ~ Author unknown
What difference would ‘listening
before speaking’ make in your personal relationships? With
Veterans Day approaching, how is our assembly planning to salute
our patriots?
This only is charity – to do all
that we can. ~ John
Donne
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