jeff noel.org » National Guard http://www.jeffnoel.org Surrender. Self-control. Service. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:03:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Citizen Soldier http://www.jeffnoel.org/uncategorized/citizen-soldier/ http://www.jeffnoel.org/uncategorized/citizen-soldier/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:00:10 +0000 jeff noel http://jeffnoel.org/?p=2119 Continue reading →]]> Not talking about the Three Doors Down rock song Citizen Soldier, or our Country’s National Guard, for whom the song is dedicated.

Talking about all the active duty men and women military personnel I’ve seen this week.  Orlando to Atlanta, Atlanta to Columbia, Columbia to Atlanta, and Atlanta to Dallas.

Decided, in the spirit of giving, to not only give thanks internally, but to give thanks externally.

So I awkwardly asked how best to show appreciation for their efforts. They all said basically the same thing.

A simple thank you means a lot.

And so that’s what I’ve been doing, going only a little out of my way (that’s all it takes), to thank each and every one I pass.

The Lord works in mysterious ways.  One of the service men, heading back to Iraq and leaving behind a wife and three children (16, 10, 6) at Christmas time, wound up being an angel for me about five minutes later.

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