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!"
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