The Sacrifice
The easy way?
“Be the first
president? After eight long years this war has taken everything out of me. I long
for home… for Patsy. I’ve done enough!”
But that didn’t happen.
George Washington kissed Mt Vernon goodbye, packed up his Bible, his family,
and headed for Washington. His sacrifice is a legacy never forgotten.
Another way out?
“Why's my husband fighting this war? He’s nearly dead from the heat of the cannon. I’m leaving.
Going to get my husband, take my pitcher, and go home. Let these soldiers fight
their own war!”
Not so! Molly Pitcher
threw down the pitcher, and took command of her
husband’s post as a gunner.
Believe it or not, she helped the struggling army win the battle at Monmouth. She
is forever remembered for amazing courage in the face of evil.
Justified escape?
“Be a spy? Place myself in
imminent danger! I’ll surely 
But Nathan Hale met a
cruel death by hanging. He was given no mercy, no Bible and no pastor to
comfort him. Despite all, his final words have been immortalized. “I regret I
have but one life to lose for my country.” He was twenty-one.
A hero is never born out
of self- pity. A hero rises when he lays his life aside and risks following
Jesus Christ—no matter what! No matter if peers call him weird…fanatic…out of
step. No matter if his teachers confront him and demean him publicly. Because
he/she knows there is a dying world that needs God’s love.
“Greater
love has no man than this that a man gives up his life
for his friends.”
John 15:13 (BBE)
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