This past week I had an eye opening experience with God. I often overlook how much God teaches us from the most simplistic sources and over the next few entries I want to take you on a part of my journey.
In preparing for our Men's Ministry event for the month, I came up with an idea to paint a picture of "fighting to win." That has been our church's battlecry for the year and as often as possible I try to keep that idea in front of my mind in all that I do. Living in an area where many Civil War battles occurred allows a unique tool for illustrating war themes.
Antietam National Battlefield is just down the road and on September 17, 1862 the U.S. suffered more loss of life than any other day in history. The 6,500 deaths were four times more than all who died in the D-Day invasion and twice the number we suffered on September 11, 2001! Certainly examples like this and countless others throughout history reflect that making a grave sacrifice for victory is woven into the fabric of the story of humankind.
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