Veterans’ Day we call it now. It was originally Armistice
Day marking the end of The Great War at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day
of the eleventh month. We call it World War I now. It was to be the war to end
all wars, with the hope there would not be a second. But obviously that didn’t
happen. Somehow the end of one war sows the seeds of the next war. Something
about fighting for peace is inherently self-contradictory. Yet, today we rightly
honor those who served at great risk and cost with an abiding and deep hope for
peace and justice. Perhaps the realpolitik of our world precludes the possibility
of peace with justice, but as one who aspires to follow Jesus Christ as his
faithful disciple, I will continue to engage in the pursuit of just peace
regardless of the risk and cost to me. And I will continue to pray that the
hopes for peace and justice of those who served, many at the cost of their
lives, will be fulfilled, even if in small increments.
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