Memorial Day and The Constitution
3,000,000. According to Google, this is the approximate number of American Soldiers who have died in service to this great country. These are the ones we honor on Memorial Day.
Now this may shock you, but listen carefully. The sacrifices of these great heroes were not made in defense of our freedoms. In their Oath of Enlistment, every American soldier swears to support the Constitution of the United States. They promise to defend it and to bear faith and allegiance to the same. You see their great sacrifice was made for a document. Oh, but what a document it is.
In its preamble, we read that the Constitution was ordained and established in “Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common Defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.” So yes, they did die for our freedom. They died defending the Constitution. The Constitution secures our blessings of liberty.
Now consider this. The Constitution is not the source of your rights, no it only secures them. When we read about “The Blessings of Liberty,” we must understand that blessings can only come from a Gracious God. In the Declaration of Independence, we find these words. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights. This truth is clear. The Declaration of Independence declares our rights. The Constitution of the United States secures them. They are given to us by our Creator and God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
On Memorial Day I pledge to remember and honor over 3,000,000 great men and women. They sacrificed greatly in defense of the Constitution and for my Blessings of Liberty. Also because I am free, I will never stop glorifying my God and Savior Jesus Christ. He has given me the Rights of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. These rights are found in the Hope and Promise of Eternal Life.
Douglas & Deborah Huff
From Down Where The Pavement Ends
email-douglas@pavementendsministry.com
From the Bible
“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:28-31 NKJV
As oftentimes reiterated our freedom in this country is not free it comes with a cost and we should take our freedom more serious and appreciate it. Never to forget those three million—Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. (John 15:13 NKJV)