In Memory

Sorry...I know you're still looking forward to my posting the contest winners, but I really wanted to take time to honor those who gave their life in battle today. (Don't worry too much though, I will be posting winners SOON!! ;P) After all, it IS Memorial Day.
The following poem I wrote in ten minutes. (I timed myself just for fun. ;) And I thought I could share it with you all. I don't write a lot of poetry, but sometimes it's the easiest way to express some of my more serious thoughts. So without further ado I give you:

From Google

In Honor:

This day we take to honor

those who answer freedom’s cry,

Those nameless thousands over sea

who for our lives did die.

Greater love has no one

than laying down his life,

For those he loves the most,

his children, friends, and wife.

Those wives who now are widows,

those kids who lost their dad.

Those ones who lost a brother

and friends that they once had.

Jesus did the same thing,

when he came down to earth,

Becoming man while still our God

through his humble birth.

He also gave His precious life

and saved the human race,

By giving us a chance to live

 and one day see His face.

Those ones across the ocean,

those ones across the sea,

They show what Jesus gave

when he died for you and me.

 

~Rebekah Eddy, PK

From Google

Have a wonderful Memorial Day! Remember to pray for our country and it's leaders! God bless!