By Brother Dan Bartkow
Challenge Of Faith Ministries

"A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE!"
 
One has written "THE MEMORIAL" in "MEMORIAL DAY" has been ignored by too many of us who are "BENEFICIARIES" of those who have given the "ULTIMATE SACRIFICE!" Often we do not Observe the Day as it should be, a Day when we actively Remember our "Ancestors, our "Family Members" our "Loved Ones" our "Neighbors and our Friends who have given the "ULTIMATE SACRIFICE!"
Several Communities claim to have originated "MEMORIAL DAY" but in 1966, the US Government proclaimed Waterloo, New York, as the Birthplace of this Remembrance Day. The People of Waterloo first observed "MEMORIAL DAY" on MAY 5, 1866, to Honor Soldiers killed in the American Civil War. Businesses Closed, and People Decorated Soldiers' Graves and Flew Flags at Half-Mast.
We can show our GRATITUDE for the FREEDOM that we enjoy in this Great Land of America because of the Tremendous Sacrifice of our Service Men and Women by: Visiting Cemeteries and Placing Flags or Flowers on the Graves of our Fallen Heroes. Flying the US Flag at Half-Mast until Noon. Renew a Pledge to Aid the Widows, Widowers, and Orphans of our Fallen Dead, and to Aid the "DISABLED VETERANS" to assure them that they too, HAVE NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN.
Friends, as Believers in JESUS CHRIST, THE ETERNAL SON OF GOD, we too are called to the TABLE OF REMEMBRANCE. Whenever we gather together around "THE LORD'S TABLE" we pause to Remember the Most Important Event of All Time. We "REMEMBER" THE "ULTIMATE SACRIFICE" made by JESUS CHRIST, when HE gave up HIS Life to Provide for "ALL" Mankind the Forgiveness of Sins, the Removal of Guilt and Condemnation, and the "GIFT" of the "BLESSED HOPE" to one Day be with CHRIST FOREVER! A Glorious Truth to Remember Every Day. 
And what a Day that is going to be for the Redeemed Family of God. "For the Lord Himself will Descend from Heaven with a Shout, with the Voice of the Archangel, and with the Trumpet of God. And the Dead IN CHRIST will Rise First. Then we who are Alive and Remain shall be "CAUGHT UP" together with them in the Clouds to Meet the Lord in the Air. AND WE SHALL ALWAYS BE WITH THE LORD. THEREFORE COMFORT ONE ANOTHER WITH THESE WORDS." I Thessalonians 4:16-18
The Death and Resurrection of our LORD JESUS CHRIST assures every Believer that "There is therefore "NOW" No Condemnation to those who are IN CHRIST JESUS!" Romans 8:1 "Therefore, being JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, we have "PEACE WITH GOD" through our LORD JESUS CHRIST." Romans 5:1 Friend, if you want True and Lasting "PEACE" OPEN YOUR HEART TO JESUS!
GOD BLESS YOU ON THIS SPECIAL "MEMORIAL DAY!"