I’ve never been a big fan of movie films… granted I enjoyed The Great Escape and I’ve enjoyed movies like Gladiator and The Hunt for Red October. But there are times where I watch something like Black Hawk Down or Saving Private Ryan where I get very quiet, very withdrawn, very distant. Typically there’s a point in both of those movies where I just have to stop and pray and thank God for the peace that He surrounds us with on a daily basis. Whether it be the beginning of Saving Private Ryan where Ryan is having a flashback to where he is told, “Remember me…” and then comes ot the present at the grave site in France, or if it’s where the soldier who is shot in the leg in Black Hawk Down undergoes “surgery” in a building that is bombed out and being defended by his fellow shoulders. Maybe it was the passing of Captain Joshua T. Byers on July 23, 2003 in Iraq that haunts my soul to this day — knowing that he gave his life so that I might live another day. Nonetheless, I came across this over at The Drudge Report today. I must say that I am continually proud to see our troops doing as well as they are, but at the same time, the images bring out the skeletons from the closet and haunt me to think that a young soldier is putting his life at risk, and he may or may not know the Lord. We’re afraid to share our faith with others, even those that are willing to risk their lives for us.
Enjoy the video clip, I don’t know who to attribute to it as a video credit, but I thank you nonetheless.