Today is the 70th Anniversary of D-Day
Jun 6, 2014 14:01:11 GMT -5
Post by baydoll on Jun 6, 2014 14:01:11 GMT -5
From Hal Lindsey:
As we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, please take a few moments to thank God for the unbelievable sacrifices those thousands of men were willing to make to secure freedom for the oppressed of Europe and protect the liberty of our homeland. The sheer courage of those men is awe-inspiring. The anguish endured by their families is humbling.
Thirty years ago on this day, President Ronald Reagan stood on the cliffs of Normandy and spoke these words:
"Something else helped the men of D-day: their rock hard belief that Providence would have a great hand in the events that would unfold here; that God was an ally in this great cause. And so, the night before the invasion, when Colonel Wolverton asked his parachute troops to kneel with him in prayer, he told them: 'Do not bow your heads, but look up so you can see God and ask His blessing in what we're about to do.' Also that night, General Matthew Ridgway on his cot, listening in the darkness for the promise God made to Joshua: 'I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.'
"Here, in this place where the West held together, let us make a vow to our dead. Let us show them by our actions that we understand what they died for. Let our actions say to them the words for which Matthew Ridgway listened: 'I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.' "Strengthened by their courage, heartened by their [valor], and borne by their memory, let us continue to stand for the ideals for which they lived and died."
As the men of D-Day did not fail to uphold the ideals of the American promise, may we not fail to uphold the ideals of the men of D-Day.
God bless those who gave their all and those who were willing to do so.
www.hallindsey.com/
Hal Lindsey
As we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, please take a few moments to thank God for the unbelievable sacrifices those thousands of men were willing to make to secure freedom for the oppressed of Europe and protect the liberty of our homeland. The sheer courage of those men is awe-inspiring. The anguish endured by their families is humbling.
Thirty years ago on this day, President Ronald Reagan stood on the cliffs of Normandy and spoke these words:
"Something else helped the men of D-day: their rock hard belief that Providence would have a great hand in the events that would unfold here; that God was an ally in this great cause. And so, the night before the invasion, when Colonel Wolverton asked his parachute troops to kneel with him in prayer, he told them: 'Do not bow your heads, but look up so you can see God and ask His blessing in what we're about to do.' Also that night, General Matthew Ridgway on his cot, listening in the darkness for the promise God made to Joshua: 'I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.'
"Here, in this place where the West held together, let us make a vow to our dead. Let us show them by our actions that we understand what they died for. Let our actions say to them the words for which Matthew Ridgway listened: 'I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.' "Strengthened by their courage, heartened by their [valor], and borne by their memory, let us continue to stand for the ideals for which they lived and died."
As the men of D-Day did not fail to uphold the ideals of the American promise, may we not fail to uphold the ideals of the men of D-Day.
God bless those who gave their all and those who were willing to do so.
www.hallindsey.com/
Hal Lindsey
