Thank you,
For the freedom, the dedication, the blood that has been spilled. As Thanksgiving comes near, I want to remember those who have made this holiday possible, those men and women around the world who have died protecting America, an America that no longer realizes the cost of freedom, an America that no longer knows what it is to give your life protecting what matters the most. For many of these people there thanksgiving may be an extra ration on patrol in some lonely area and maybe a letter or two from home, ridiculed and rejected for protecting the very freedom that allows those people to scheme and plot and clamor for ‘peace’.
As outlandish and as controversial this statement may be, there is no true peace on this earth. There is only levels of conflict. There is no such thing as freedom on this earth. There are only different sets of rules for different people. There is no such thing as success on this earth, there is only temporary gain.
As a Christian, I know that there will never be peace until Christ returns, even still, its the struggle, every day, the commitment to every day press on. Christ calls me and everyone else to give our best in all that we do, to commit ourselves to following Him. He is the only true hope, the only reason I have for living, for continuing on, for waking up each day.
The last week or so I’ve been inactive on the blog here, I’ve been busy with school and working on a contest entry for the CreStock contest, which, given about 5-6 source images you must use one or more of them with Photoshop to create a final image, no other criteria than that. This particular entry is dedicated to our armed forces, past and present, around the world (you can see the entry on CreStock here):
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This particular image was designed to be like a painting, hopefully I conveyed that well.
Estimated Time: 13 hours over 4 days.
Remember them, their sacrifice, and their commitment this Thanksgiving.
Paul Rohde
