GROWING SEEDS: Never Forget ......Why We Remember

 

Never Forget.....Why We Remember

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
John 15:13

It's Memorial Day Weekend.

As we hang our flag at half staff, welcome family and friends down for hot dogs, watermelon and homemade ice cream on the back porch, there are many families this weekend standing over a simple white cross in a military cemetery, remembering their loved ones who they waved goodbye to as they boarded a military plane and welcomed home in a wooden box.

I never lost a loved one in military combat......but I worry I've lost loved ones in spiritual combat. 

Memorial Day is, at its very core, about expressing gratitude for those who have lost their lives in service to our country.  After the death of thousands of soldiers following the Civil War, our country's leaders instituted this as a day to remember the ultimate price that was paid. 

Much like the ultimate price that Jesus made for us....for you and for me....His Friends, His Country, His Family.  He, like the guardians of our beloved country, lay His own life down to secure your freedom.....but not so you can live on this earth in peace from those who long to hurt us.....but from sin, death and hell. 

May we Never Forget......why we Remember.