We Salute and Honor

For a while now, I have found myself writing about a man I have been given permission, by the family, to call 'dad'.  Warren Dunbar is not direct blood relation, duh, to me.  But he is and remains a father figure, spiritually speaking, to this heart and soul, a blessing of absolute value from God to me.  It is Veteran's Day and dad is a vet.  He fought on the soils and banks of the Rhine in Germany for our nation.  Side by side, he watched some of his friends and colleagues perish, God sparing his life to fight on in life, as His representative for His glory.

Now, standing in line at the welcome window to heaven (click here to read) dad has been privileged to wait and see his great grandson for the first time. 

For all his life, Warren has stood and lived for God.  He served, he gave, he sacrificed, he used his talents and gifts to benefit and lead in the Kingdom of God, as child of The King.  No man is perfect, we all struggle, fail and learn, but when our lives are placed in the hands of God, He redeems, adds value to our strife, bringing victory for His cause, the cause of holiness.  

We all walk in the wake of demands and causes.  We either choose whom we serve or default to serve ourselves.  My desire, having been shown the way, is to live as a man who lives for the glory of God, out of imperfect means, perfected by our King.  I had no privilege to serve our nation as a vet, but I choose to honor, every chance I get, to shake hands, look them in the eyes and heartily thanking them for what they have done and do.  It isn't just for a day a year.  That we give one day as a nation to honor them, when they gave years and some even decades of their lives and time in service to us.  No, I stop most everyday and pray for all who served our great nation, all who gave, with many giving all...still.

What have you sacrificed for our great nation?  How can you give more?  Pray for them.  Honor them.  Sit with them.  Love and appreciate them.  

Thank you, mom and dad Dunbar.  We salute and honor all you veterans today and always!

                                                               Warren and Val Dunbar