Today is Memorial Day in the US, a day set aside to remember all of those who have given their lives in service to their country for the protection of our Freedom. It seems to me that this is also a day for prayer and reflection, and this is my submission for Memorial Day 2026…

Heavenly Father, we thank you today for all the ways in which you have blessed our Nation for the past 250 years. We thank you for our freedoms and our opportunities to live and worship you freely and openly, and we thank you for those brave souls who were willing to give their all to protect those freedoms when it was necessary to do so.

Lord, I also pray today that your righteousness will prevail across our Nation and throughout the world as time moves forward. I pray that we will learn to live according to your ways and that we will learn to settle disputes without resorting to armed conflict. I pray Father that your justice and mercy will prevail in this world, and that the day will soon come when our young people never again need to be called upon to risk their lives, and that the day will quickly come when your will is truly done here on Earth as it is in Heaven, where it is the only will that is done.