CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 27, 2024
WHAT IS A MEMORIAL? DICTIONARY.COM DEFINES IT THIS WAY: “SOMETHING DESIGNED TO PRESERVE THE MEMORY OF A PERSON, (OR) EVENT.”
THERE ARE MANY TODAY REMEMBERING A FAMILY MEMBER, FRIEND OR NEIGHBOR WHO GAVE HIS OR HER LIFE FOR THIS COUNTRY. THIS IS WHAT FREEDOM COSTS.
JESUS SAID “GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR ANOTHER.” HE WAS, OF COURSE, SPEAKING METAPHORICALLY ABOUT HIMSELF AND THE LIFE HE CAME TO LAY DOWN FOR US.
AS WE AGAIN CELEBRATE, OBSERVE AND HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES SO THEIR SPOUSES, CHILDREN AND THE REST OF US MIGHT MAINTAIN OUR FREEDOM, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE DON’T FORGET THEIR SACRIFICE ON OUR BEHALF. WE WOULDN’T HAVE A NATION IF THERE WERE NOT SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF SOLDIERS, SAILORS, MARINES, AIRMEN AND COASTGUARDSMEN WHO WERE WILLING TO DEFEND FREEDOM AT THE COST OF THEIR OWN LIVES. THEY DID IT FOR US. CAN WE DO LESS THAN HONOR THEM ON THIS DAY AND EVERYDAY AND TO THANK THEIR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN. IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHOSE HUSBAND, WIFE, BROTHER, UNCLE, OR SOME OTHER CLOSE RELATIVE SURRENDERED THEIR LIFE FOR AMERICA, THANK THEM TODAY. YOU MIGHT ALSO THANK GOD FOR THEM AND FOR HIS SON, WHO SACRIFICE HIMSELF FOR OUR ULTIMATE FREEDOM. I’M CAL THOMAS.
