As a Christian, I am increasingly mindful that, of all the vocations in life, the duty of a soldier to put him- or herself in harm's way for injury, mutilation, or death is the utmost emulation of Christ's sacrifice. We are a nation of 300 million, and yet we have so few to protect us, our liberty, and our providence from God. It is cruel, wicked, and even sacrilege that their obedience ever be to treasonous tyrants. This is like Christ being subject to Nero, something too vile to describe. I pray that this evil disorder be rectified, and that we live again more securely in God's grace.
As a Christian, I am increasingly mindful that, of all the vocations in life, the duty of a soldier to put him- or herself in harm's way for injury, mutilation, or death is the utmost emulation of Christ's sacrifice. We are a nation of 300 million, and yet we have so few to protect us, our liberty, and our providence from God. It is cruel, wicked, and even sacrilege that their obedience ever be to treasonous tyrants. This is like Christ being subject to Nero, something too vile to describe. I pray that this evil disorder be rectified, and that we live again more securely in God's grace.