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Luke 22;14-20 (KJV)
And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.
And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
And he took bread, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

In the comment box, below, someone please tell me the word used to trigger our memory of this particular passover dinner that commemerates the speech Jesus made as he sat at this dinner table with these men?

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day. There is also evidence that organized women's groups in the South were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War: a hymn published in 1867, "Kneel Where Our Loves are Sleeping" by Nella L. Sweet carried the dedication "To The Ladies of the South who are Decorating the Graves of the Confederate Dead" (Source: Duke University's Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920). While Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966, it's difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day. It is more likely that it had many separate beginnings; each of those towns and every planned or spontaneous gathering of people to honor the war dead in the 1860's tapped into the general human need to honor our dead, each contributed honorably to the growing movement that culminated in Gen Logan giving his official proclamation in 1868. It is not important who was the very first, what is important is that Memorial Day was established. Memorial Day is not about division. It is about reconciliation; it is about coming together to honor those who gave their all.

I am, sometimes, so amazed at the way we, humans, will be so quick to gather, catagorize, store, and maintain the history of some of the most trivial items that occurred within our lives. Now, the sacrifice of any man's life should be memorialized. Therefore, Memorial Day is a highly respected day, and probably even more respected (especially by myself) because of somes service to this country through the Military. What makes me lead in with the first statement is that I know for every person who is listing the word I asked for, in the comment box, there are two to three that will struggle with the remembrance of that word. I mean they will struggle to remember before they quickly scroll down to see the word.

As the small bit of information states, which I copied off of one of several Memorial Day history websites, the origins are not quite conclusive. There are several different places which lay claim to being the "true" birthplace of the day of observance. There is even a song that recognizes the pre-exsistense of the actual start of the day. These factoids had to be researched, once they surfaced, and then they were held in some respect in order to be maintained to this very day. That way any person with a desire to find out, "Why do we have a Memorial Day?" can actually locate the reason.

But, what makes this morning's encouragement even more fantabulous (a word I learned from my cousin Qui-Shayne)?

It is that we, those who are followers of Christ Jesus, have a word to honor the sacrifice he made for those individuals God desired to bring back to right relationship with him. We have a book (The Bible) that has the origins of this action Christ took upon himself, and it let's us know that Christ, himself, gave reason why we SHOULD remember. There is not any disputes over the original place where Christ's actions calls into remembrance the sacrifice of his life. It is Calvery. There are songs also, that seal up the memory of why we are to honor Christ; for his sacrifice. 'I know it was the blood for me. One day when I was lost, he died upon the cross. I know it was the blood for me.' Again, with this evidence that can easily be accessed, we shouldn't have a difficult time remembering that word which commemorates Christ's sacrifice on the cross. Especially if we are obedient in following the very thing he told us to do TO REMEMBER.

What is even more visible about this that I type out: that will be permanant within cyberspace, just as the bit of Memorial Day history I located? It is given based on the research of a man. Don't let it slide by you!!! Give that minute to settle..... The whole pomp and circumstances of this day is due to the keeping of that history by man, and we celebrate that history only because it is held onto by man. Is it starting to become clear yet?....

This sacrifice of Christ Jesus HAPPENED!!!! It was recorded, catagorized, and stored for us to have. Yet, the whole of our country doesn't celebrate with a day of remembrace. If you go and research the actual activities we associate with Easter, you will find those activities have NOTHING to do with Christ's crucifiction, death, burial, or Resurrection. Just as you have still not, probably, remembered the word that I asked for you to leave in the comment box. Those of us who remember, even if the word does not come quickly to our remembrance, know that those events happened. We have no doubt that Christ Jesus walked, taught, and performed miracles. We know this, have no doubt about it because it is left for us to read about (The Bible). We can find commemtaries, thesis, letters, speechs, and written recordings of witnesses accounts. How then does this word not get lodged into, ingrained within, the mind of an entire country's population?

1 Corinthians 11;23-26 (KJV)

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come.


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