Today is a very important day for the United States of America. It is the day we have set aside to honor and remember all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice so that you and I could live in freedom today. Memorial Day is so much more than a day off work, a family gathering, a short vacation, or a yearly barbeque. It is a day that we remember the great price paid to gain and to preserve our unprecedented civil and religious freedoms that Americans enjoy and are largely taking for granted. (Philippians 1:3 I thank my God every time I remember you.) But Memorial Day is more for our future than it is for our past. (Revelation 14:13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord for now on. Yes, says the Spirit, they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.) It is crucial that we remember the wars, the battles, the heartaches, the heartbreaks, the agony, the nightmares, and why they happened. We forget them at our own peril. The future of the United States of America depends largely on how well we collectively remember and cherish what liberty really is and the terror of tyranny. There is a high cost in forgetting. Let today be more than just a day of relaxing, let today be a day of remembering. Refresh your memory on the high price that was paid for us to enjoy the things we have in America. THANK YOU to all who have given their lives for my freedom. THANK YOU for all who serve and have served to preserve what we enjoy in America today. God Bless You! HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!! WE MUST NEVER FORGET!! Pastor Don [image: image.png]