This is Memorial Day weekend.
God puts signs all
over His world that point to His truth.
One of them I believe are soldiers who give their lives in war to defend
their country and its values. This level
of sacrifice is awe-inspiring. Take
stock of all the privileges and blessings God has given you in this
nation. Remember HOW God has blessed
you, partly through the sacrifice of so many – at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg,
Normandy. Then consider that this is a dim
reminder of the one greatest sacrifice at the cross, which brought us every
spiritual blessing from God.
The analogy is far
from perfect, of course. All those
soldiers didn’t want to die; JC deliberately did. Theirs was a physical death; His took the
full wrath of God against all our sin.
They fought for an earthly nation; Jesus died to redeem eternal
souls. Their motives were mixed; Jesus
was without sin.
This takes nothing
away from their deep sacrifice. We
forget to be thankful for their sacrifice, to not value the gift of a strong
and free nation that can come from such sacrifice. We are tempted also, to forget gratitude for
Christ’s deepest sacrifice, to not value our forgiveness and God adopting us,
which assuredly comes from the cross.
5/30/21
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