War, fought properly, is to protect what a bully nation, cause or person threatens to dismantle.
When freedom is on the line, war appears to be encouraged by God Himself as the only solution. The Bible is war-torn and repeatedly calls for strength and courage to face visible and invisible enemies.
We get lost in self-pampering when we decide that war is not required. We occupy ground won only through battle. We live in freedom only established through untold courage and loss of life.
Today I will walk a few blocks to a park on the Hudson River, in view of the Statue of Liberty, and tell my 21-month-old grandson that God anchored this country with roots of choice of faith, creating a place where He is free to pursue us.
My grandson won't understand because I am just beginning to--to know, without doubt, that God had a message and a plan when He moved hearts to plant a vision of freedom of faith that became the United States of America.
On this Memorial Day, I want to honor God by realizing I don't have all the answers. I don't know better than God. If war is His reality, then I need to embrace it as mine.
Jesus was collected by soldiers in a garden and hung on a cross by the desires of self-pampering people whom we live as today.
Though we can play endless lip service to compromise and negotiation, people just don't play nicely. When freedom is desired, war is required.
