Dear China friends,
A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
Memorial Day is a patriotic
holiday in the United
States
On Memorial Day people place
flowers and flags on the graves of military personnel. Many
organizations, including Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and fraternal groups, march in
military parades and take part in special programs honoring the dead.
In recent years it has been the custom for most families to decorate the
graves of their own loved ones. I will place flowers of
remem-brance on the grave of my beloved Mary.
For Christians there is
another time of remembrance. This is a Memorial Supper established
by Jesus Himself to commemorate His death for the sins of the
world:
��For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to
you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had
given thanks, he broke it and said, ��This is my body, which is for you; do this
in remembrance of me.�� In the same way, after supper he took the cup,
saying, ��This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, when-ever you drink
it, in remembrance of me.�� For whenever you eat this bread and drink
this cup, you proclaim the Lord��s death until he comes.�� (I Corinthians 11:23-26).
The remarkable thing about
this memorial is that Jesus�� death not only paid the penalty for our sins but
that He rose from the dead so that He could come back to receive believers into
heaven!
Your Friend,
Tom Atkinson
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