The movie, We Were Soldiers, stars Mel Gibson, Sam Elliott, and Greg Kennear. It tells the story about a battle, which took place in November 1965, during the Vietnam War. Some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers.
In one specific movie scene, the 1st Battalion had been overrun by the North Vietnamese army. Soldiers were fighting in close-quarters, hand-to-hand, brutal fighting. Yet, in the midst of this battle, Joseph Galloway (Barry Pepper) who was a non-combatant newspaper reporter and neutral observer, lay on the ground, trying to protect himself from being killed.
Sergeant Major Basil Plumley (Sam Elliot) walked through the battle zone with a rifle in his hand and stood over Joseph Galloway. “You can’t take any pictures from down there, sonny,” said Plumley.
Galloway looked up. “I’m a non-combatant,” said Galloway.
Plumley tossed him the rifle and Galloway caught it. “Ain’t no such thing today,” said Plumley as he turned around and walked away.
Galloway began firing the rifle at the enemy soldiers.
Like Galloway, this is where we Christians are in America right now.
My prayer today:
Lord, open the eyes of us American believers, help us to see that we are not waging a war according to the flesh in our nation and to understand that the spiritual weapons that You have supplied us have divine power to destroy strongholds. But we have to use them now if we want to make a difference! (Based on 2 Corinthians 10:3-4)
What do you think and has the Lord spoken to you today?
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Larry Who 
Really powerful, Mr. Larry . . .thank you and God bless you
Debbie,
Thanks. God bless you.
Powerful illustration here. “No such thing as a non-combatant today, Sonny.” If we get the picture right, that means that we are either recording a battle in a foxhole and putting ourselves in harm’s way or we are laying down our recorder’s work to take up a weapon and fight like everyone else around us. Hmmmm . . . that really speaks to writers, doesn’t it?
Lift the Cross of Jesus!
Thanks. Here’s one of my favorite movie speeches from the Lord of the Rings trilogies: