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My General had summoned lowly me - a Private who had barely turned eighteen. "I need a warrior willing to be invisible - to see, but not be seen." My mind in a crossfire at the strange notion between the General's will and my own, what glory could I gain, or due promotion, if my heroics were not seen or known? Not quite sure how to feel: afraid? Apalled? To be invisible! Who was he kidding? But still, it was my General who called, and my sworn duty is to do his bidding. He told me he would see all I had done while serving in the light of his own Son.

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Sam Kauffman

Date: 10/1/2020 12:52:00 PM

John, congratulations, warrior! As Jesus says the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing - our good deeds done almost invisibly. He invites us to be closet cases in a way. Beautifully done, as always. So glad your light shines blessing us! Grace and peace.

John Watt
Date: 10/8/2020 4:20:00 PM

You understood this perfectly, because you know what the unseen servant is about. Balanced by 'let your light shine' and 'you are the salt of the earth'. Thank you for your uplifting and heartwarming commentary, my friend.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/15/2020 1:27:00 PM

aha, you took it religious!!! But WELL DONE, sonneteer!!! even though it's not a guy in a turret!! I am still strugging with this contest so much. Today I want to go to the sun and see if anything comes to me!! Thanks for all your comments today. And I love that you want to do that Bible type book!

John Watt
Date: 9/15/2020 3:10:00 PM

I don't write about war or warriors very often so I struggled with this too. Then I remembered a song I wrote many years ago with this theme and was able to wrestle it into sonnet form. Hope you can get one together.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 9/14/2020 7:41:00 PM

Very interesting denouement, sir! (Gosh, spell check actually didn't correct me on that d-word). Visibility and Vision, Gershon

John Watt
Date: 9/14/2020 9:14:00 PM

What, you are speaking French now?! Well done, GW! You should write a humor piece about all the auto-correct and spell check mysteries we deal with. Seriously, thank you for the kind comment, my friend. Enjoy your day ~ John

Jenna Logan

Date: 9/14/2020 3:49:00 AM

This went in a direction I didn't expect. To obey God is so much more important than obeying a mortal man. Those who believe are all warriors for Him.

John Watt
Date: 9/14/2020 9:12:00 PM

Yes, so true Jenna. Not warriors against flesh and blood, but against the forces of evil. 'As disciplined as soldiers' as Paul put it. Thank you for the wonderful comment.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 9/14/2020 1:39:00 AM

And yet that is as it should be. Warrior of God fight without expecting a reward. Great inspiration sonnet ~~

John Watt
Date: 9/14/2020 9:10:00 PM

You have captured my gist perfectly, my friend. Glad you found this inspiring, and thank you for the visit.

Mahtab Bangalee

Date: 9/13/2020 11:03:00 PM

He told me he would see all I had done /while serving in the light of his own Son/// great write

John Watt
Date: 9/13/2020 11:07:00 PM

Thank you for the visit and kind words, Mahtab. Warm wishes, enjoy your day ~ John