The following article came to me recently and I contended that I should pass it on.  It has been slightly edited.

Let’s close our eyes and picture in our mind the soldier at Valley Forge, as he holds his musket in his bloody hands. He stands barefoot in the snow, starved from lack of food, wounded from months of battle and emotionally scarred from the eternity away from his family surrounded by nothing but death and massacre of war. He stands though, with fire in his eyes and victory on his breath.  He  looks at us now in anger and disgust and scolds us as he says to us the following:

I gave  you a  birthright of freedom born in the Constitution and now your children graduate too illiterate to read it.

I fought in the snow barefoot to give you the freedom to vote and you stay at home because it rains.

I left  my  family  destitute  to  give  you  the  freedom  of  speech and you

remain silent on critical issues, because it might be bad for business.

I orphaned  my  children  to give you a government to serve you and it has stolen democracy from the people.

It's the soldier, not the reporter, who gives you the freedom of the press.

It's the soldier, not the poet, who gives you the freedom of speech.

It's the soldier, not the campus organizer, who allows you to demonstrate.

It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves the flag, and whose coffin is draped with the flag and allows the protester to burn the flag!

"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. In the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen."

   Plainly, don’t get short changed.  Let’s be ready to meet our Maker.  The Bible teaches that to avoid hell and gain heaven - one must:

 1) Believe In Jesus As Savior (Acts 16:31)  2) Repent Of Sins  (Acts 17:30)   3) Confess Christ Audibly (Acts 8:37)   4) Be Baptized In  Water (Acts 2:38)   5) Live A  Christian Life (Acts 14:22)   6) Be Active In the Church (2:47)

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