Gracious God, engraved in stone around our country are the names of countless men and women who paid the cost of our Nation's freedom. Lord, ensure that the poignant reminder that these simple headstones represent inspires in each of us the same measure of devotion to preserve and protect the liberties of each of our fellow Americans.
Engrave on our hearts their memory, and stir in us the same degree of love and faithfulness to this country and to her people.
Should we lose sight of the goal toward which these brave patriots strove, the common good for which they fought and died, sound again the clarion call that summons each of us to serve one another in love.
Then, arouse in us the desire to uphold and honor the selflessness and sacrifice of these, our fallen heroes.
When the day is done and gone the Sun, may all safely rest in the nearness of Your peace.
It is in the memory of our fallen and the strength of Your eternal name we pray. Amen.
The Moral Law does not give us any grounds for thinking that God is 'good' in the sense of being indulgent, or soft, or sympathetic. There is nothing indulgent about the Moral Law. It is as hard as nails. It tells you to do the straight thing and it does not seem to care how painful, or dangerous, or difficult it is to do. If God is like the Moral Law, then He is not soft.
—C.S. Lewis
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