Memorial Day weekend is here, and while the holiday is popularly seen as the unofficial start of the summer holiday season, it’s always meant to be a somber reminder that freedom comes at great cost, especially for the brave men and women who die serving in the armed forces. It’s always a good opportunity to open the Bible and look up some verses to help commemorate their sacrifice.
In the same way that soldiers of the U.S. military have laid down their lives time and again in the name of freedom, these men and women have also made the ultimate sacrifice not just for their country, but for their family and friends as well. Such is the weight of a life given up in sacrifice that John 15:13 called it a love that surpasses all others.
13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
It’s the same peerless love shown by Jesus when he died in suffering to save mankind from sin, and the faithful Christian are called upon to follow him as soldiers, as Timothy 2:3-4 pointed out.
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