Today is Veteran’s Day. This means that it is time for my semi-annual hat-tip to those giving of themselves to give me this freedom to come to you and freely express my thoughts and for you to be able to express your thought back too. Twice a year I write about the American Soldier. Besides Veterans Day, I also write in depth on Memorial Day too.
Like I said, today is Veterans Day. Today is the day we stop and say thank you not only to all of those brave men and women serving in our Armed Forces to keep us free, but also to every man and woman that has ever served this great country we call the United States of America. We are so blessed to live in a country where we have the freedoms that we do. We even have the freedom not only to speak up and disagree with our government, but in fact we have the freedom to change our government when our government needs a change.
Stop and think for a minute what would happen in a huge part of the world if you stood up and said your government is wrong. Think about what would happen in that same huge part of the world if you stood up and said you believe in Jesus and all other gods are false gods. Think about what would happen once again in that same part of the world if you wanted to write on a daily basis and get that writing out freely speaking about what I just said. If you live somewhere else besides the United States of America there is huge chance that at the very least it will cost you your freedom and at the very worst, which is all to probable, it would cost you your life!
One thing that I say every time that I write this semi-annual column is that…
FREEDOM IS NOT FREE!
FREEDOM IS THE MOST COSTLY THING IN THIS WORLD!
OUR FREEDOM WAS PAID FOR WITH ONE THING, THE BLOOD OF OUR FOREFATHERS, THE PATRIOTS THAT WENT BEFORE US.
IF NOT FOR OVER A MILLION BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN THAT LAID THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE,
IF NOT FOR THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN THAT PAID THAT ULTIMATE PRICE FOR THE LAST 250 YEARS,
WE WOULD NOT HAVE THIS FREEDOM!
A little story that I like to tell goes like this: When I was a young lad about 14 or 15 years old my big brother was home on leave from the Army. I asked my Brother why he does what he does in putting his life on the line. My Brother responded simply “I do it to give you the freedom to race your cars or whatever else it is that you would want to do.” That was one of those simple statements that burns deep into your heart, one of those statements that will stay with you for the rest of your life.
To my Brother and every other Veteran out there I stand and salute you and on behave of a grateful country, I Thank You!
May God Bless each and every one of our fighting men and women that are out there in this hostile world of ours, standing in the gap, the gap between hate and freedom!
With this Freedom, tonight I say, Be Blessed!
Big Scott
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