Texas Scorecard By Michael Quinn Sullivan March 4, 2022
Most of us aren’t called to man the walls of an old church, outnumbered by superior forces, but all of us are called to face a hostile world.In a final call for reinforcements, the men who held the Alamo had given themselves a binary choice: “victory or death.” Nearly two hundred years later, we know the framing of their choice, and their decision to make it publicly known, helped ensure that victory for Texas would be the result.
When William Barret Travis sent his famous letter from the Alamo, the choice had already been made. That line in the sand had already been crossed. Mexican troops were amassing, and it was generally understood that everyone in the Alamo would die without an unconditional surrender.
Travis and his men chose to fight.
Let’s be clear: once the seize began, there was not much of a chance for them to win without quick and overwhelming aid. The defenders were a ragtag bunch, just shy of 200 men, facing the mightiest military power in the western hemisphere under the command of Antonio López de Santa Anna – known as the Napoleon of the West.
Too often in life we attempt to engineer success, when what is required of us is faithfulness. Travis, Bowie, Crockett, and the others at the Alamo certainly had no death wish, but they also understood the importance of being faithful to their mission. They understood the importance of being faithful to the cause of Texas and liberty – faithfulness even when facing death at the end of a Mexican canon, bayonet, or rifle.
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