Remembrance Day

I have been asked to pray at the school tomorrow for the school assembly for Remembrance Day.  This is quite an honour and I am looking forward to it.  My mind goes back to the vets that I have known over the years.  Men and women who left eh life they knew to go overseas to serve and fight for things they did not even understand at the time, because they were so young.  Many, when they went overseas were 17 or 18 and had not even voted.  When I think of the things they experienced and the situations they had to overcome it makes what I am going through seem somehow less intimidating.  May we never forget these men and women, most of whom are gone.  I want my kids to remember so they will never have to go to war and fight.  Let us keep our ploughs and pruning hooks.  God thank you for the peace that we have in our country today, help us not to take it or You for granted.