Soldier

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Saturday 9: Soldier (2016)

Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here.

Memorial Day is a federal holiday that honors men and women who served and died in the United States Armed Forces. We want to make sure that message is not lost this weekend.

Well, Mrmorial Day is for those who died in war.  Veterans day is for those who served.

1) Are you a veteran? Are there veterans in your family? Do you know anyone who is active military? We are grateful and want to hear about it.

Yes, there are veterans in the family. 

2) This song is about the courage it takes for soldiers to march into battle. Gen. Patton said, "The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers." He was emphasizing that each individual's dedication is essential to the unit's success. Do you work well as part of a team? Or are you better on your own?

 I can work with a team but I also can work alone.  Not sure which I am better at.

3) As of 2025, California is the state with the most military bases. Have you ever visited or lived on a base?     No.

4) At the turn of the of the 20th century,. wristwatches were considered non-essential jewelry items, with pocket watches preferred for everyday timekeeping. During WWI, soldiers in the trenches needed to both synchronize actions across the battlefield and keep their hands on their weapons, so the wristwatch went from "fashion item" to "standard issue." Do you often wear a watch, or do you depend on your phone for the time?

I wore watches in the past but they do not work right on me and fall off my wrist.  I have clocks , including chime clocks that tell me the time.  

5) Jeeps were originated by the US Army during WWII. Back then they were specifically for soldiers deployed to the European Theater, today there are more than 18 million Jeep-branded vehicles on the road all over the world. Have you ever driven a Jeep?

 The kids have owned Jeeps. 

6) While Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses are a timeless symbol of cool, they were designed during WWII for a specific purpose: to give American flyers relief from glare at high altitudes. Tell us about your sunglasses.

 They are perscription glasses designed by some famous design woman.. I don't know. They are well over 16 years old.  

7) Memorial Day kicks off the summer season. What's your favorite picnic food? 

Hot dogs with mustard and sauerkraut and potato salad.   You must not have one without the other.   Overall though, I would just like some real fried chicken and potato salad.  

8) This marks the weekend when Americans traditionally step up their outdoor activity and do things they may not have been able to do during the cold winter months. For example, when is the last time you worked in the garden or tended the lawn?

I have a lancscapers do my lawn and garden.  Over the last 2 weeks they did my entire yard and they will be back to do more.   I put up a fence though and more is being delivered tomorrow. (see previous post for the kind of fence.)  My garden is now bascially a blank canvas and I will begin again.

I have not been able to do yard work since my spinal surgery.   I point and others do.

When I was youner I did a lot of yard work and loved cleaning out natural ponds and streams around the neighborhood.

9) As you answer these questions, is there an air conditioner or fan on?  

  Nope, its  cold and rainy and the heat is on.   The day was dark, damp and cold!

Here is a good song:

 

Selfless Service

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Memorial Day is a time to remember those who gave their lives in service to the nation.  But if you

think of it, you don't need to be a combatant to serve others.

We rarely celebrate those people who serve in the shadows unseen and largely unknown.

1. What are ways people can serve others?

Don't weary in well doing and consider others more esteemed than yourself.

2. What areas of service do you see as being very important today?

Loving your neighbor and  being hospitable to the stranger within your gates.

Leviticus 19:33-34 "'When a foreigner lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am The Lord your God

3. What service organizations do you think have gone above and beyond in service to others lately?

Not a service org per se but  the Amish who at their own expense and without asking for donations, built hundreds of home for disaster victims.

4. President Jimmy Carter saw his service to the nation as a service to God and so served silently behind the scenes helping the poor, the elderly, the homeless in ways and in a scope so large it was amazing. Yet the public never knew until recently.   Though he was mocked for his foreign problems, no other president ever did as much for the common person as he did.

During the Revolutionary War, Haym Salomon, a Sephardic Jew and great patriot, literally paid for American freedom with every cent he had and died penniless as a result. Though the nation swore to pay him back, they never did and Haym(Chaim) never pressed the issue.

Comedian Danny Thomas, a Lebanese Christian and star of the Danny Thomas show, opened St. Jude Hospital one of the top hospitals in the world for childhood cancer, where patients never pay one cent, sacrificed time, money and nearly his entire career to establish St. Jude to honor a promise made to God.

Many Hollywood stars have silently paid for medical bills of fans, supported homeless and down trodden people without one iota of fanfare.

Do you know of anyone who has served their fellow man selflessly or have you anything to add on the subect of selfless service?

Frankly, most people who serve and do good for others will never be known as they do it anonymously for the sake of  love of their fellow man and not for the praise of mankind. These peopole realize the good they do comes from God and not from themselves.