Veteran’s Day

Free Indeed

The more important something is, the more it costs. “What price freedom!” In a concerted way we remember annually those who have given that “last measure of devotion” to secure and protect what we consider certain “inalienable rights”: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Gathering in this memorial observance, we acknowledge in a concerted way what it took to secure and protect the even more difficult aspect of human liberty—freedom from the power and penalty of personal sin. The Father has deemed it appropriate that the Son give his last measure of devotion for fellowman in securing the basis for release from this enslavement. “If the Son makes you free, you are free indeed” (John 8:36).

We recognize today the high cost of the most basic, most natural things of life once they get horribly skewed. The emblems tell us again how much our benefactor “paid” and what it costs us to accept that benefit. So we partake in joint appreciation and common resolve.