Honouring those who fight for us - on earth & in the heavenlies

This is a little late for Remembrance Day but I thought this post by a blogger named Carla Anne, was so meaningful, so poignant and so rich that I just had to share it.

Here's a small quote from the post - you can read the rest here.

I hope to stand in front of Jesus, like the Petty Officer Lawrence McAllister stood in front of the officials today, and receive my reward. I may not fight on the front lines for my country, or fly fighter jets, or serve as a medic. But I want to be a soldier who fights, who goes to battle, for my own freedoms and the freedoms of those around me.

I want to be, like Mr. McAllister, a soldier who fights, and maybe who dies, so that others might live. I’ll fight on my knees. I’ll fight in the heavenlies. I want to fight to know Jesus so closely that others will know his presence when they are with me.

School Remembrance Day Ceremony

Since there is no school tomorrow and Remembrance Day falls on a Sunday this year, the school had their Remembrance Day ceremony today already.  I don't always attend the ceremony but this year Sophia's class was singing "In Flanders Fields" so I went.  Sophia is almost exactly in the middle of the "choir" in a white shirt.  

They also showed this video during the ceremony.



They also had a tribute to all the soldiers that had fought and died from our very own hometown in WWI and II - the Gr 8 class each walked by carrying a name of one of the fallen soldiers as their teacher read them out one by one.

One of the band trumpet players played the Reveille to end the ceremony.

I thought it was very well done.