{"id":320,"date":"2017-05-29T21:19:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T04:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/?p=320"},"modified":"2018-09-05T21:53:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T04:53:52","slug":"song-of-the-bow-a-biblical-meditation-for-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/?p=320","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Song of the Bow&#8221;: A Biblical Meditation for Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"320\" class=\"elementor elementor-320 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47909d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47909d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c5ffe6\" data-id=\"7c5ffe6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6754b1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6754b1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMemorial Day marks the national commemoration of those American warriors who gave their lives for our nation on the field of battle. We take the time to honor their memory, to decorate their graves, and to remember their sacrifice. David provided us with a wonderful song, an elegy, preserving the memory of two such warriors for the nation of Israel: King Saul and his son Jonathan. My meditation on 2 Samuel 1:17-27 was published yesterday on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parkingspace23.com\/\"><strong>ParkingSpace23&#8217;s blog<\/strong><\/a>, Click on the following&nbsp;link <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parkingspace23.com\/biblical-meditation-memorial-day\/#.WSw1JhPytjs\"><strong>&#8220;Song of the Bow&#8221;: A Biblical Meditation for Memorial Day<\/strong><\/a>, read, and keep on remembering those who served our nation as soldiers, marines, sailors, and airmen. Do not allow their memory to die. Pass their story on to the succeeding generations.&nbsp;Remembering their service and honoring their memory belongs to every day of the year, not just Memorial Day.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da6e8b1\" data-id=\"da6e8b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-728b826 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"728b826\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Memorial-Day.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-305\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Memorial-Day.png 380w, https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Memorial-Day-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memorial Day marks the national commemoration of those American warriors who gave their lives for our nation on the field of battle. We take the time to honor their memory, to decorate their graves, and to remember their sacrifice. 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