Memories

As we celebrate Memorial Day, let us not forget to be thankful for all the men and women who have lost their lives to save America. There is a high price that these men and women of the military pay to bring freedom to us in America. We must remember to pray for them and to lift their families up in prayer. The families that are left here while their loved ones fight for our freedom need to be loved and nurtured because they too are paying a price for our freedom. The men and women who came back after the war who had left family, friends, and jobs to go and fight for our freedom probably had gone through some dramatic memories. But, yet they have memories of helping others such as the women and children there and relationships that they had to leave when it was time to come home. Freedom is not given away for free but it has cost some lives and some families had been destroyed when they returned. Memories cause us to reflect on those things from the past. When was the last time that we have looked back over the years since we became a Child of God? Can you remember: the times that He set you free from the evil around you, when your child was sick and He brought healing right on time? When you were afflicted and thought you could not make it, but then you cried out to God and He answered you speedily? The God that we serve is always with us and in the times that we are facing let us begin to remember how the Lord has brought us through every trial, test and every facet of life that we have faced to draw strength for today. Our God tells us that He will supply all of our needs according to His riches in glory. (Philippians 4:1) Memories are good because when I feel like I can’t go another step, I can remember back to how the Lord brought me through. Just like the men and women who fought for our country had to reflect back on their family and loved ones when they felt like they couldn’t take another step to endure the courage to stay and fight. We too must remember what the Lord has done to encourage our faith to keep walking and keep striving to be more like Jesus. The Bible tells us there will always be wars and rumors of wars (Matthew 24:6), but we are not to give up but I am to keep pressing on toward the mark of the high calling of Jesus Christ. (Philippians 3:14)