Serving Veterans

by Miss Monica June

Every year my church hosts a dinner for Veterans Sunday. All the Veterans in our area are invited to come to our church and we sing songs that glorify God and honour our nation, America. We show videos that honor those who served on 9/11 and we play some videos have to do with soldiers fighting to make America a free country. After our church is over, the veterans and their families dine in our small building used for our teen classes. A special teen group gets to help serve them and fellowship with them. This year I get to be in that group and that is a great honour getting to serve those that made our country be free. These following verses have to do with serving others.

Matthew 15:34
And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

Matthew 15:36
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

Mark 6:38
He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

Mark 6:41
And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.

Mark 6:43
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

Mark 8:7
And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.

In these verses when Jesus took the little boy’s food to feed it to the multitude, I didn’t see the little boy get anything out of it. But Jesus fed many people with the boy’s food. So, when I go to serve the veterans on Sunday I don’t need to whine or complain why I didn’t get anything out of it, because like I said it is an honour to serve those who serve and have served our country. Remember when you do something and you don’t get anything out of it, it is because it is good to serve others that have served you.

Relatives in our family who have served in our nation’s military:
My dad served in the Navy.
My two great grandfathers on my dad’s side served in the Army.
My grandfather, my mother’s dad, served in the Navy.
My mother’s Uncle Doug was in the Air Force.
My mother’s cousin, Todd and his wife Maria were both in the Army which is how they met while serving in Germany. They’ve had eleven children and currently live in Illinois. Cousin Todd now serves as a firefighter.
My mother’s grandfather on her mother’s side served in the Marines as did his father before him.
My mother’s Uncle Randy served in the Marines .
My mother’s Step-Dad, my Grandpa Kerry, served in the Air Force.

A very special thank you to my family who served this nation well so that I can live in a free country. (((hugs))) To all of you!