He greeted him and said, “Bill, do you remember what a bad memory I had? Bill answered, yes, I certainly do. One day John ran into a friend he had not seen in a long time. ![]() Maybe you heard of the guy named John who had a serious memory problem. So Israel led by the Ark of the Lord crossed the Jordan on dry ground and as soon as the Nation of Israel crossed, as soon as the Ark of the Covenant was back on dry ground, the Jordan closed up and returned to flood stage Keep your distance of 1000 yards from the ArkĬonsecrate yourselves (tonight) for tomorrow The Lord will do amazing things.Ĭonsecrate meant that they must wash their clothes and their bodies and abstain for a time from sex and be consecrated (set apart) for God. When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests, who are Levite carrying it, you are to move out to your positions and follow it. Instructions given to Israelites from Joshua I also want to say that if we don’t purposefully make it a point of remembrance, that things that were once important lose their place of value.īook of Joshua gives us an account of the Israelites lead by Joshua going across the Jordan.ĭetails of crossing the river parallel Israel crossing the Red Sea to freedom from bondage. I want to take a minute this morning to thank each person who has ever served this country to keep our freedom free and honor every man and women who has paid the ultimate sacrifice of their life that I can be free this morning. I don’t know about you, but as messed up as this country is right now, there is no place in the world that I would have wanted to be born in. Where we came from as a believer in Jesus Christ? So this morning, how do we remember the important things? We forget we enjoy freedom on the back of those of great sacrifice. People have a way of forgetting! Especially in a country of great blessing! “To voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a moment of remembrance and respect.”Ĭongress later enacted a bill for Memorial Day to fall under the “National Holiday Act” and made it a 3 day weekend instead of a day of remembrance. ![]() 2000, congress passed a “National moment of Remembrance” I believe as time went on, more graves were not decorated, more people forgot about the sacrifices others made so they could enjoy freedom.ĭec. ![]() Memorial Day officially proclaimed in 1868, with a purpose of remembrance. The purpose was to not forget the sacrifice made by others for what we have today. Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day and was established as a day to decorate the graves of fallen soldiers from the Civil War. I would guess that there is many who so not know what Memorial Day stands for or why we have off. A day that most have off to get with family and friends, have a cook-out, or just enjoy some down time.
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