Anticipating Remembrance Day
Anticipating REMEMBRANCE DAY
Life and freedom are gifts not to be taken for granted. Tomorrow is Remembrance Day and a time to remember this important fact. So many have contributed to the life and freedom we get to live today.
At most Remembrance Day ceremonies a veteran will say these words: They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.
In the days leading up to Remembrance Day, many of us wear a poppy. After the civic ceremonies, people often take their poppy off and lay it on the cenotaph in their community. This is done to personally honour the soldiers who showed love for family and country even to the point of laying down their lives.
On this important day it is also important to remember that Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. No one took Jesus’ life from Him. He offered it so we could experience forgiveness and freedom from sin and brokenness.
When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
Romans 5:6-8
Soldiers fought so that you and I could have peace and freedom in our country. Jesus suffered and died so that we could have peace and freedom from the power of sin. No small sacrifice.
We don’t have to wait until tomorrow to pause and reflect on these matters that really matter.
Heavenly Father, as we go to remembrance ceremonies and hear the words, “We will remember…” and lay our poppies on the memorials, help us to remember and honour the veterans whose service has directly impacted our ability to live in freedom today.
Help us also to remember and honour You for Your love, demonstrated in Jesus, who bought us back from certain death and gave us eternal life.
We will never know the depth of that sacrifice until we meet You in heaven but today we want to simply live with grateful hearts and a willingness to serve You and one another as we follow Your guidance in all we do and say. Amen
What preparations are we making today to give ourselves to remembering these important sacrifices?
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