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Yesterday was a memorial day unlike any in memory.

Outdoor concerts and events were limited.

Parades to honor our fallen veterans were driven rather than walked, but the pandemic did not

deter us from remembering with gratitude those who died for our freedoms.

As I reflected yesterday on more than one million

women and men who died that we might live, I read John Stone Street's Memorial Day column.

John's breakpoint articles are always excellent, but this one especially impressed me. In it,

John shared a story Chuck Colson once told to honor Memorial Day. It was February

1945, three months before World War II ended in Europe. 18-year-old Sergeant Joseph George was stationed in France

and was preparing to go out on evening patrol. His friend, Private James Cottle, volunteered to take his place.

He pointed out that, at age 36, he was nearly twice as old as George. He told him,

you were young. Go home, get married. Live a full rich life. Then Private Cottle went out on

patrol. A few hours later, he was killed by a German sniper.

Sergeant Joseph George returned home safely. He married and fathered five sons. One of them,

Princeton Professor Robert George, has been identified by the New York Times as,

this country's most influential conservative thinker. Dr. George

and his brother will always know that their father survived the war because his friend died

in his place. Isaiah 50 is one of the suffering servant sections of the book. Each foretold

what our Savior would experience

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