Comments from a True American hero
When I wrote my last post I was hoping that one of my military friends would comment. I was not disappointed when Brandon Sheets, a true American Hero, commented with his thoughts on the topic.
In one of Brandon’s comments, he refers to this labor day when he and his crew literally saved others lives in a military expedition. On Tuesday morning, when I woke up, I checked Facebook statuses and saw Brandon’s status which read:
430am, Just landed, 18hr day, Canada border-Nth Cascade mtns, search for family of 4, hypothermia, steady snowing, Located & hoisted all survivors, built fire, waited for weather, launched again, more bad weather/snow, team effort, LABOR DAY. Counting the blessings, Thank God, back home.
I got out of bed and asked my wife if she had read Brandon’s status and she chuckled because you just never know what Brandon is going to say, he is a really funny guy, but when I read it she said, “Wow”. So, all that said, I just want to tell you Brandon, “Thank you! You are a true American Hero”.
Real quick back to the post from yesterday though. Here is some more food for thought. Last night we had a discussion about this very topic with our Junior High, High School, and College students at church. A Bible story came to mind as I was thinking about this that really made me second guess my thoughts. You may remember the story about the lost sheep. A reminder for those unfamiliar can be found in Matthew 18:12-14:
12”What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? 13And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. 14In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.”
Does this apply to this situation. The shepherd left all the sheep at risk to save the one. There was a chance that all of the sheep could wander off, or be killed, but the “one” was that important. How does that fit in?
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