Normandy
Hi Everyone.
We spent the day traveling from Versailles to Normandy. For those of you who are a little rusty on your World War II history, Normandy was where America landed to liberate France from German occupation on June 6, 1944. The effort is better known as D-Day.
It was awe inspiring to stand on the cliffs overlooking the English channel thinking about the multitudes of boats and planes participating in the invasion. While in the area, we visited a place called “Pegasus Bridge.” It was here that Aussie and British commandos landed gliders with troops and tanks to take the bridge in the middle of the night hours before D-Day. Totally cool.
So why all the sightseeing? The French are very connected to their history, in fact in many ways it defines who they are. By understanding the tyranny of Nazism, and the liberation of D-Day, we begin to understand how they look at the world. But I also realized that France is once again captive, but this time to an invisible enemy. I pray that we will all be a part of this liberation.
“To open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.” Isaiah 42:7
Blessings and much peace,
Tom
