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Speaker: Seeking the Still is produced by Jill Devine Media. Welcome to the Seeking the Still podcast with me, your host, Laura Fleetwood.
Speaker: In this safe space, we come together to seek the still amid chaotic lives, to get honest about what overwhelms us, to become connected to one another and to the divine, to step into who we were created to be. Always real, never perfect, and forever on your side.
Speaker: Dear American Hero, words are completely inadequate, yet my soul is stirring to address you this day. Perhaps these thoughts will make their way to heaven. Perhaps you'll read the words with eyes yet gleaming. My prayer is simply that they will reach you.
Speaker: You served our country not knowing what lay ahead. You did the unthinkable for me. You took up the arms and obeyed the orders. You faced those who threatened our precious freedoms. I imagine you were scared, but of course, I don't really know. I wasn't there. I don't have those images forever etched upon my soul. But you do.
Speaker: And perhaps you wonder some days if anyone actually cares, if it was worth it, if you made a difference, if you are remembered. I wish I could tell you in person, but I suppose these words will have to do.
Speaker: Your sacrifice is deeply personal to me, a gal you've never met and will likely never know. I hold you in my heart, in my mind, and in my soul. I remember, I treasure, and I offer this prayer to you. Dear Heavenly Father, I do not understand your ways. I don't pretend to know your thoughts, but I know you work through people.
Speaker: everyday ordinary people who surrender to your will and do extraordinary things in your name. On this day of remembrance and all days in between, I give thanks for the men and the women who serve the United States of America. They are the best of us, Lord. For you tell us, greater love has no one than this, that someone laid down his life for his friends.
Speaker: and these amazing American heroes do more than listen. They obey, they act, they protect, and they serve. Help me to remember them, Lord. Help me to see them and thank them. Help me to support their families and preserve their memories.
Speaker: May I teach my children and grandchildren that freedom is not free. Open my eyes, Lord, to the sacrifice and bravery of those who give the greatest gift, their life. May it not be in vain, but may it inspire us to come together, to serve the least among us, to love you and to love each other well. May their legacy of life begin.
Speaker: With me be still
