Veteran's Day

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." -Preamble to the U.S. Constitution.

Today is Veteran's Day, and I posted on Facebook, my gratitude to family and friends who are on active duty or have served. The freedoms we have here in the U.S. have indeed come at great cost. 

Our country was founded on Biblical principles. Sadly, those principles have not been fully lived out. Justice means that all are treated fairly in all situations. People living in poverty, women, people of color, LGBTQ, and people with disabilities are often treated unjustly. Unfair treatment happens in regard to respect- personal and professional, equal treatment under the law, or in wages. 
People are rising up to protest in various ways. The protests range from social media posts of "Me Too" regarding unwanted sexual advances and abuse; to huge marches and rallies of various kinds. There is of course serious push-back to the protests. {although the "Me Too" on social media seemed to wake a lot of folks to realize how widespread sexual harassment is!}  

Domestic tranquility will not and can not be complete until all experience true justice. There will be no true justice until we can all find some common ground and discuss issues with respect. There will be no true justice until we all realize that we all are perpetuating the problems, and we all make active efforts to change our mindset and learn new ways, and reach out in the true Love, that bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:7) This is my prayer today.