Pastor Steve’s Blog Nov 11, 2018 Well, it’s official. I am now a veteran after 22 years in the Navy and this is my first Veteran’s Day as a veteran. I must say that it has been and is an adjustment after being on active duty for over two decades. For those veterans who read this blog, I want to personally thank you for your sacrifice on behalf of this great country. Having served, I know the sacrifices you had to make. Your service is greatly appreciated. We are a better country because of you. I know I speak for the entire congregation when I say: “Happy Veteran’s Day!” Let me lift up this Scripture, Micah 4:3 “They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks.” I read a story this week by Chaplain Norman Nygaard when he was serving at the end of WWI. He writes: “I was in France about eight kilometers behind the front lines when WWI stopped. My brother and I took a walk out in the countryside in the Argonne Forest. We came upon a bonfire about two miles out of town, there being no further need for a blackout. The boys around the fire were singing hymns. The chaplain led in prayer, and then gave a short message telling the soldiers what peace could mean. We left that scene of peace and good fellowship with “Blest Be the Tie that Binds” ringing in our ears.” This Veteran’s Day pray for peace and remember those serving at the tip of the spear defending our rights and liberties.