God's Work Is Our Work
In honor of Veteran's Day, Blogizdat reprints this this beautiful Ben Stein essay about visiting veteran's hospitals. Excerpt:
God sends His angels to us in many guises. Sometimes they wear camouflage and jump suits and carry a rifle. Sometimes they carry out bedpans at hospitals. It's an incredibly sweet privilege to spend time with these angels who carried us all on their backs. I can't visit the ones at the Westwood Military Cemetery next door. I can visit these servants of the Almighty now and keep them company for a little while.
In every sense, it is the least I can do. And I'm telling you about it so you can do it, too. We all need to do it for these guys and gals who make every breath possible.
I am reading a book about advertising and it says that if a fish could think, the last thing it would think about is water. For us Americans, freedom and prosperity and comfort are our water. If we start thinking about them, maybe we'll start thinking about how we got our elements that keep us alive, and show some gratitude for the men and women who earned it. Here on earth, God's work is our work. John F. Kennedy said it, and it's true.
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