May
26
Memorial Day 2008
Filed Under War on Terror
Today is a hard day for my wife and I. Today we remember our little one, Ellie, who passed into the next world on December 12, 2007, after only two days of life. She was of greater stuff than this world could bear and so God, in his grace, let us hold her close for a few hours and then took her unto himself.
We named her Elisha, which means “God shall save.” God whispered the name to her mother in the days before her birth. We did not know how profound the name would become. God truly has saved her; saved her from a life during the most troubling and terrible times in earth’s history. We know that she earned that station through her goodness and obedience. She overcame the world even before coming here.
We grieve today with the parents and siblings and children of our fallen ones, taken from us in battle. They are truly heroes, and will be remembered in the eternities for their sacrifice. We salute them, and we honor their families.
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God bless you and others in a similar situation in this time of memorial.