Today is Monday, August 15th, 2005; Karen's Korner #611
The other day we started hearing that the president is on vacation for five weeks at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. While he is 'relaxing', he gets morning briefings daily, meets with advisors, hosts heads of state, and will travel to other cities and states seven times. Doesn't sound like much of a vacation to me! Sometimes it is fun to "get away from everything".
The journalist said that while a president is in office he (or she?) is on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And that goes on for four or eight years.
It got me started thinking about people who give their lives for me, so that I can live in reasonable comfort. I thought about the president of the United States whether he be a Republican or a Democrat. I thought about people who are, and have, served in the military putting their life on the line so that I, my family, friends, and millions of others can enjoy freedom and independence.
I thought about my mom and dad and for the sacrifices that they had to make financially, socially, emotionally, so that I can have some things today that maybe they could only dream about. Mom had five of us over a 17-year time span. She never worked outside of our farm family; never belonged to any clubs or organizations. Work with, and for, our family was basically her chosen profession!
And the list goes on: some people are more compensated for their service to me than others-----other family members, teachers, Sunday School and Bible School volunteers, 4-H leaders, doctors, other government officials. They give; I get!
Hopefully, I am returning the favor to some of them or to others!
And then I thought of Jesus and His living, teaching, and dying on the cross for me. So that I can be pardoned of my sins, adopted into His family, become a child of God, and spend eternity in heaven.
All the others I mentioned have added to my life here on earth; Jesus adds to my life here and the one that is coming up, as well. It is a trip that never ends.
Just for today, I want to be more thankful for people in my world. I want to thank Jesus for giving his life for me so that I, my family and friends, can also live.....not just for today........but for forever!
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