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Small Wars Journal:
Nameless, Ageless, But Forever
SWJ Blog Post | May 10, 2017 - 6:09pm
Family Values
Keith Nighingale
And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will
go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”
This is a picture of God’s messengers on
earth. It is an image of brothers born from a different womb but of the same
mother-products of sights, sounds and experiences they absorb so the remainder
of us do not. They have nobility that only shared sacrifice and pursuit of a
cause greater than themselves can bestow grace.
They are nameless and ageless but they
are forever. They made us what we are and they will determine what we will be.
Their dress has changed over time as have their tools. But these are cosmetic
compared to the common inner core that carries them into their tasks, bonds
them forever and insures their collective and individual success for
generations.
Unlike most similar apparitions assigned
to many other Nation’s, these are unique. They carry a message of light to
lands lost in darkness. Their demeanor and innate sense of goodness, generosity
and grace effects the minds and wishes of the people’s within their range of
influence and creates a lasting memory that a thousand years of bad history
cannot erase.
They carry a sword but also a larger
instrument of compassion-they carry themselves. In their simple world, one
always leads to another. Complexity is for others not so directly engaged.
They may only vaguely understand the
larger issues that brought them to a distant dismal place but that is not
important. What is important is that they represent a hope and aspiration
probably never-before experienced. Their image engenders a way of life and
imagined ideals that are the residue of their momentary presence.
The uniform, the flag and the honest
personalities pass a message no amount of media can generate. They are us and
what we stand for.
The land they may take is small, not much
larger than each of them but permanent in nature as what they stood for and
their successors stand for now and as we all stand for the future.
Look at this image. It is us and it is
good. The greatest of gifts has no price other than that which is willingly
offered.
1 comment:
Well said, and on the money.
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