Remembering...

For Memorial Day I want you to go to this blog and read this post. http://decortoadore.blogspot.com/2011/05/remembering-with-red-poppies.html
The poems she quotes are just beautiful.  So are the red poppies.  This picture was taken from her blog post.  Poppies are lovely and I know I will never look at one again without thinking of Laura's post and the poems she posted with it.
Today we will watch the parade that goes past our house every year and we will remember those who gave their sweat, tears, and blood to give us the freedom we have today.  And above all we will praise our Lord and Maker, Jesus Christ, His Father, and the Holy Spirit who has blessed us with the opportunity to live in a country that, for now, is still free.  What will we do with that opportunity???