Today we remember Green Bay Packer quarterback Bart Starr who died on Sunday. He was truly a hero worthy of remembrance. I remember meeting Bart when I was in high school. Truly a highlight in my life. When Bart won the Super Bowl I MVP award, a Corvette, he donated the car the Rawhide Boys Ranch - a recovery center for wayward boy in New London, WI.
I get to remember my father and grandfather who served in the military. They didn't die while serving but their lives were worthy of remembrance - living them with honor, dignity and service.
Today I also get to remember the life of my brother-in-law Pat, a cancer battle veteran and casualty who fought and died this past Saturday. A professor at Carthage College, a husband to wife Kathy and father of two amazing girls - Oksana and Nadya.
Pat was a flying enthusiast. Years ago, he and I both flew our R/C planes together. Often crashing them, then laughing. Pat and some others began a program in Nicaragua. Kind of a doctor's without borders thing. Their efforts improved the quality of life for many of the local people. Pat is another hero worthy of remembrance.
You know, each of us has this one life to live here on earth. How will we choose to live it? Will our lives be worthy of remembrance by those we leave behind?
Pilots have a saying called CAVU. It stands for Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited. CAVU my brother. I hope your flight was a good one.
"live a life worthy of the LORD and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, 12and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light." - Colossians 1:10-12
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