2 \u00a0Timothy 2:3-4<\/p>\n
\u201cEndure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs\u2014he wants to please his commanding officer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n I was a boy during the terrible days of World War II. There are vivid images that still fill my mind as I recall those days–stars in the windows. These were Blue Star Service Banners sometimes called Blue Star Flags. These banners first became a way for households to indicate they have family members in the service.<\/p>\n In a similar fashion Blue Star Memorial Highways were established by pay tribute to the U.S. armed forces. \u00a0The National Garden Clubs, Inc. started the program in 1945 after World War II.<\/p>\n The program has since been expanded to include Memorial Markers and Memorial By-Ways. This Wednesday, October 21st<\/sup>, I have been invited to offer the invocation for a dedication of such a memorial marker in Tumwater, Washington. (If you are interested in attending please send me an e-mail for more information).<\/p>\n As I recall the Memorial Banners with their blue stars, I suddenly remember that all too frequently the blue star changed to gold. This signified that the family member had died in service to the country.<\/p>\n If a Memorial Banner was displayed to indicate Christians who placed their lives on the line to defend the faith, would there be a star for you? Are you willing to give yourself fully in the Lord\u2019s army?\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n – – – Pastor Cecil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2 \u00a0Timothy 2:3-4 \u201cEndure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs\u2014he wants to please his commanding officer.\u201d I was a boy during the terrible days of World War II. There are vivid images that still fill my mind as I recall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-timothy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}