God's Faithfulness

Unsung Heros, (Hebrews 11) "These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off [e]were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them." (Hebrews 11:13-16) Today, we remember the World 1 and World War II, unsung heros, bith those who lost thier lives, those who died so we might live andthose who came home alive but wounded in both body , mind and soul. Let me mention a few, my wifes uncle, never came home, my grandpa, my moms dad, fought in both wars, my dad fought and came home, never to be the same again. My stepdad, also fought in the 2 World War. I only knew the stories my dad told of the war, in which he told at time a lighter version, of what happened, to protect us, his family from hte horres of war. We had the priviledge of the possitive things dad picked up in the middle of it all. Like after a bombing, he saved a man from under a bombed truck, carrying him to saftey so the Red Cross could take care of him, he rescued a little girl from a pile of rubble where he found her sitting on top of her cruppled and distroyed home, likely the only one in her family left behind. Another town, he heard a calf bawl and went to investigat, following a lead rope on the little calf, which drapped over the manger, he found a little boy frighted and trying to protect his calf from the awful things that were happening. Kept the boy with him in his truck for four days, and each time they had to go for cover in a fox hole, dad said he always landed on the little guy who somehow always beat him to the hole. So we knew of the event, but we his family got the accounts of what he had gone through those day at war, as our father, he used great discrtion and was aware of our tender minds that was so easly wounded. As I got older, I had a greater respect for who my father was, and I have gained a new understanding of him, he had a love for us, so deep, and yet had a hard time expressing it, I believe because of a wounded heart and the things he saw, while defending our country, so I could have the life I have had. So a large thank you to all who fought and for those who gave their lives while doing so. The stories we read in the bible often gives us a new understanding of who they were and how they responed to the life God gave them.. As I read the account in Hebrews 11, of the unsung heros of the faith.. Over the years, as I have studied these characters, like Noah, Job, Johah, Abraham, Sarah, Enoch, and then those who also followed in the New Testiment, like Paul, John the Baptist, Peter and Luke, all the disciples who wer willing to give their lives for the faith. because of these guys who went before and walked with God in faith believing, I have understood and have grown in my faith as I have read their stories of dedicatiin to God. In these stories, I have heard of and felt the pain of trials and triulation they faced, the bewilderment and sometimes doubt in understanding what it was God was allowing them to go through. Through these stories, I have heard God call some of these guys by name, some of them were given new names, and I have felt the wonderment they felt, as God kept His promises and was always just a breath away. Like God said Abraham, Abraham in (Genesis 22:11) and He said, Moses, Moses, in (Exodus 3:4), I am sure there are others as well. God knows our names. Reading those true accounts in the bible, by hearing them read at home as well as at church, in which mom and dad always made sure that we went, these things awakened me to the fact that I was a sinner and needed to be saved from that sin, so that I could spend eternity with Jesus in heaven. I was also made aware of Gods faithulness to all who believed God’s faithfulness. Some of these stories, I learned from, like Deborah’s courage (Judges 4-5), Gideon’s bravery (ch. 6), and Paul’s fearlessness (Acts 22) just as I remember these stories from the eary years of my training, I also retained the stories my dad told us about the war, so therefore, I never forget, the sacrifices my dad and many, many others made so that we ccould live our lives in peace. So today, I want to remember, just as I remember the stories of Gods word, that became my salvation and hope, I want to remember those heros of war, which both has helped us become people called and equipped by God and in standing both for our country and for Him. Father God, I want to thank you today, for my fathers and grandfather, who went to war to fight for our country. Also I want to thank you for my dad and my mom, who fought the evil in this world, to bring me to Jesus, who has become my all. The Bible has inspired me to trust in God’s faithfulness, and it is vital that I share those stories of His faithfulness with others along the way, as I live on this earth, because God you have left me here for that purpose, Lord help me be faithful to you. It is in your name I pray AMEN