Soldiering – the Lost Art
Read: UMH #575
Last year – in early April – during the week between Music Sunday and Palm Sunday, I noticed a leaf flutter to the ground. It came to me that this leaf had soldiered on through the winter, through high winds, snow, and rain in a vain attempt to fight the natural order of things.
It then occurred to me – this must not be a Christian leaf because we no longer have Christian Soldiers. Also, there was no "cross of Jesus going on before." The best the leaf could hope for was to go "forward through the ages, in an unbroken line.” (Hymn 555)???
We all go forward through the ages (occasionally looking back) doing the best we can, but evidently we no longer can soldier on.
Jack Van Becelaere
Read: UMH #575
Last year – in early April – during the week between Music Sunday and Palm Sunday, I noticed a leaf flutter to the ground. It came to me that this leaf had soldiered on through the winter, through high winds, snow, and rain in a vain attempt to fight the natural order of things.
It then occurred to me – this must not be a Christian leaf because we no longer have Christian Soldiers. Also, there was no "cross of Jesus going on before." The best the leaf could hope for was to go "forward through the ages, in an unbroken line.” (Hymn 555)???
We all go forward through the ages (occasionally looking back) doing the best we can, but evidently we no longer can soldier on.
Jack Van Becelaere
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