Hi, this is John Stone Street.

Today on Breakpoint, we hear Chuck Colson's thoughts on Memorial Day and what he called The Greatest Love.

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Memorial Day is when we honor the men and women of our armed services who have made the supreme sacrifice, who gave their lives for their country.

Especially these days,

when Memorial Day seems to be nothing more than a time for cookouts and swim parties,

we cannot be reminded often enough about how greater debt we owe our war dead. They give up their

hopes and dreams, families and friends. They submitted themselves to rigorous discipline,

something I understand as a former Marine, 24 hours a day, duty, and placed their lives in great peril.

Great a love has no one than this, that he lays down his life for his friends.

Their sacrifice ought to inspire in us a profound sense of gratitude.

Gratitude for the freedoms we enjoy bought with a price, and that gratitude should compel us to live lives of service,

as well as serving Christ, our neighbor, and yes, our nation. I can't help but recall the

brilliant film saving Private Ryan. James Ryan, now in his 70s, has returned with his family

to the military cemetery in Normandy. He visits the grave of Captain John Miller, the man who,

half a century earlier, led the mission to retrieve and save Private Ryan. At the end of Captain John Miller, the man who, half a century earlier, led the mission

to retrieve and save Private Ryan. At the end of the mission, Miller was fatally wounded,

as he lay dying leaning against a tank. His final words to Ryan were, James, earn this,

earn it. We then see Ryan kneeling at Captain Miller's grave, marked by a cross.

Ryan, his voice trembling with emotion, says, Every day I think about what you said to me that day on the bridge. I tried to live my life the best that I could. I hope that was enough. I hope that at least in your eyes, I've earned what all of you have done for me. Red-eyed, Ryan then turns to his wife and says,

tell me, I've led a good life. Tell me, I'm a good man. With great dignity, she says, you are.

With that, James Ryan stands and salutes the grave of Captain Miller. I tell this story in

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