A day to Remember
Friday, 13 November 2009 00:00
So today I found myself sitting in the middle of the Winnipeg Convention Centre attending a ceremony for Remembrance Day. I always attend ceremonies as far back as I can remember but I always look at Remembrance Day a little bit differently. The meaning is always generally the same: it is a day when we step out of our normal day to day lives to commemorate the lives lost, wounded, and forever changed during the war times Canada has been involved in. This year I have been changing a lot, myself leaving home and friends and family, to fight my own battle—finding out who I am and what my heart beats for. I was thinking about the young soldiers, and how they had hopes and dreams, and some were probably just thinking, when I get home from war I can figure out what I really want to do—who to marry, what job to have, which passions to pursue—but some of them never got that chance. I also was thinking about the people they left behind at home, how much they missed their “hero” who was away risking his life for them.
Today, Remembrance Day is changing, the nature of war is changing—Canadians are still sacrificing their lives to protect us—but war is no longer nationalism, land borders and politics, but also Religion and money. It is weird to think that people may age are at war in the Middle East today. I feel so blessed that I am free to worship and live my life the way God intended me to, and that I can be here in Winnipeg celebrating fellow Canadians lives whether lost or still here, whether commending them for fighting in ages past or present.
Thank you soldiers.
I pray that God blesses and protects our soldiers, and all other soldiers involved in war and I pray for peace in our world. Amen