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"All Gave Some, Some Gave All"

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that the nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.


"Here We Mark The Price Of Freedom"

It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." -Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address

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God has taken away from me my dreams, my plans, my ambitions, my friends, my books, my movies, my clothes, my time...and my sin.

And what He replaced them with is far superior and greater then I could ever imagine. It's not a life of self-fulfillment, but one of glorifying Him. After all, who am I? Only one asks,

Amazing love! How can it be,

That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?


(Reflections on God's call to be different in the world, and His grace in my life. My house did not burn down. :-)

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Sweet home California! Update to come. :-)

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On Memorial Day, May 29, the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) will host the world television premiere of The League of Grateful Sons, Vision Forum’s World War II documentary chronicling the journey that sons and grandsons took to the black sands of Iwo Jima in honor of their fathers who fought there in 1945. TBN will broadcast the film at 7:00 p.m. PST on Monday. TBN offers 24 hours of commercial-free programming, reaching every major continent via 54 satellites and more than 12,000 television and cable affiliates worldwide. Learn more about The League of Grateful Sons at our new Web site.

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Life goes on, even when your blog stands still.

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