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THANK YOU! Military Fallen, THANK YOU!

May26

“We do not know one promise these men(and women) made, one pledge they gave, one word they spoke; but we do know they summed up and perfected, by one supreme act, the highest virtues of men(and women) and citizens. For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.”

– James A. Garfield
May 30, 1868 Arlington National Cemetery
 
 
Black Union Soldiers
 
Memorial Day, as Decoration Day gradually came to be known, originally honored only those lost while fighting in the Civil War.  But during World War I,  the United States found itself embroiled in another major conflict, and the holiday evolved to commemorate American military personnel who died in all wars.  For decades, Memorial Day continued to be observed on May 30, the date Logan had selected for the first Decoration Day.  Except for the south:

  • Mississippi: Last Monday in April
  • Alabama: Fourth Monday in April
  • Georgia: April 26
  • North Carolina: May 10
  • South Carolina: May 10
  • Louisiana: June 3
  • Tennessee (Confederate Decoration Day): June 3
  • Texas (Confederate Heroes Day): January 19
  • Virginia: Last Monday in May

But in 1968 Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which established Memorial Day as the last Monday in May in order to create a three-day weekend for federal employees; the change went into effect in 1971. The same law also declared Memorial Day a federal holiday.

 

Black WWII Soldiers

AGAIN, THANK YOU

 

Inner Self

Apr22

Take a snapshot inventory of your life. Where do you need to start making changes to live a healthier lifestyle? What is your emotional barometer telling you about how you see others and yourself? Do you know of any area in your life where you are not living in obedience to the call of holy living?  These questions by Adrian Rogers, Pastor, are asking about all of the human experience that make us who we are or pretend to be, spiritually, physically, mentally and emotionally.  That’s a lot to address and think about.  How to address each one of these parts?  I suggest, one at a time.   May this week not be so busy that you get lost.  But, if you are already there, please share with us who are trying to get where you are and how you got there.

We all know what the truth is for us.  We know within ourselves what we need to do to be right and to live healthy clean lives, inside and out.  Why do we not do it?  Why is it so hard to believe Nike?  ‘Just Do It.’  We know what that is to us.  Do we need to cut relationship ties with certain people, be it lover, friend or family ?  go to bed earlier?  stop eating to be full instead of satisfied?  began some real parenting?   start saying NO?

We have good intentions when we start those new exercises, that new diet, that new cleanse, that new idea.  The intentions are always good. 

You owe it to yourself to finish one thing begun with enthusiasm.  Whatever that thing is, ‘Just Do It’.

 

Think About It:   “…dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves….” 2 Corinthians 7:1