18 Veterans commit suicide everyday. 1000s are returning home with PTSD and traumatic brain injuries. The cost of war affects us all. Today we must think of our military families and returning vets and those in active duty. Turn all talk into action. None must be left behind. God bless our heroes of the US Armed Forces.
Americans pull all the stops to honor people of note when they are deceased, but how did we treat them when they were living?
God cares for the needy, the afflicted, and the weak because they are precious to him. If God feels so strongly about these needy ones and loves them so deeply, how can we ignore their plight? Examine what you are doing to reach out with God’s love. Are you ignoring their plight or are you meeting their needs?
This was my personal devotional reading thought.
Life is short no matter how long we live. If there is something important we want to do, we must not put it off for a better day. Ask yourself, “If I had only six months to live, what would I do?” Tell someone that you love him or her? Deal with an undisciplined area in your life? Tell someone about Jesus? Because life is short, don’t neglect what is truly important.
In these times of adversity, this verse lifts my spirit!
Habakkuk 3:17-18 NIV
17 Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord ,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
Isaiah 1:17 NIV
17 Learn to do right; seek justice.
Defend the oppressed.
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
plead the case of the widow.