Did you know that originally Memorial Day was called Decoration Day? There are many stories that prompted the celebration of Memorial Day. One of them dates back to the Civil War when organized women's groups began "decorating" the gravesites of those precious lives taken in the war. This seems fitting to me given the hearts of women generally.
Memorial Day recognizes the lives lost in service to our country. As I watch the pictures and stories of war, I honor these great men and women with remembrance.
It gets me thinking...
There was a war that took place in the garden of Eden---a spiritual war. Countless lives have been lost in this war. Then God came to earth, fully man and fully God. He died and in His death was victorious in the ultimate war...the war that saved countless souls.
So...as we remember those lives lost for this nation today...may we also remember the love, life, death, and resurrection of the One who died for all nations.
God bless you all!
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Thanks Randee for making this post today. Beautiful! It ties in perfect with what I was going to post about today.
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