{"id":3131,"date":"2012-09-18T03:02:54","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T07:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2012-09-17T09:33:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T13:33:59","slug":"a-blank-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2012\/09\/a-blank-check.html","title":{"rendered":"A blank check"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Glenn McGruffie, the team manager for Veteran Services for Brevard County, Florida, signs his emails with this quote. “A veteran is someone who at one point in his or her life wrote a blank\u00a0check made payable to ‘The United States of America’ for an amount of \u00a0‘up to and including my life.'”<\/p>\n

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Chris Stevens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While this isn’t a special day in which we pay honor to our veterans, this quote is so significant I feel it must be shared. \u00a0Our nation has seen too many of our most valiant men and women lost in the turmoil of war. \u00a0This week we have been shocked and saddened by Libya Ambassador Chris Stevens. \u00a0The accounts that are emerging are disturbing and sad.<\/p>\n

We live in a blessed nation that may be teetering on the brink of several disasters. \u00a0We are in unthinkable debt. \u00a0There are billions of people who hate us. \u00a0Yet, the men and women continue to write that blank check so that we can live in freedom.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We own them more than a debt of gratitude. \u00a0We own them our prayers and our commitment to the faith in the Lord that we, as Christians, recognize is the true reason for our strength. \u00a0The Lord calls his people to prayer. \u00a0During this holy week in the Jewish calendar, Rosh Hashanah, those who call on Christ as our Savior should not only pray for the peace of Jerusalem but for our troops who are willing to die for our freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Glenn McGruffie, the team manager for Veteran Services for Brevard County, Florida, signs his emails with this quote. “A veteran is someone who at one point in his or her life wrote a blank\u00a0check made payable to ‘The United States of America’ for an amount of \u00a0‘up to and including my life.’” While this isn’t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":387,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5,20,3,182,40,186,49,85,4,41,530],"tags":[534,533,21,688,699,531,262,715,701,57,532,6,700,750],"class_list":["post-3131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autism-spectrum","category-christianity","category-church","category-developmental-disabilities","category-disability","category-faith","category-hope","category-inspiration","category-prayer-2","category-simple-truths","category-spirituality","category-veterans","tag-ambassador-to-libya","tag-chris-steven","tag-christian","tag-christianity","tag-faith","tag-glenn-mcgruffie","tag-gods-grace","tag-hope","tag-inspiration","tag-prayer","tag-rosh-hashanah","tag-simple-scriptural-truths","tag-spirituality","tag-veterans"],"yoast_head":"\nA blank check - A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2012\/09\/a-blank-check.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A blank check - A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Glenn McGruffie, the team manager for Veteran Services for Brevard County, Florida, signs his emails with this quote. “A veteran is someone who at one point in his or her life wrote a blank\u00a0check made payable to ‘The United States of America’ for an amount of \u00a0‘up to and including my life.'” While this isn’t…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2012\/09\/a-blank-check.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-09-18T07:02:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-09-17T13:33:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/files\/2012\/09\/Veterans.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Linda G. 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