Another Memorial Day has passed. Traditionally, Memorial Day is the mark of the beginning of summer, the first holiday after the long winter. It is a holiday to get off of work and school, to enjoy a parade, a picnic, and playing together. Our local stores use it to promote special sales and we had lots of them!
But wait a minute. Something is missing. Did you notice the syllable MEM in Memorial? It is the same root in memory and remember. It deals with the mind. Memorial Day is to be a time of remembering something.
If anything proves the depravity of man it would be our long history of war. Even before the first war in the Bible (Gen. 14) other history sources such as those in Egypt and China record wars. This is because freedom is not free and only those people who are willing to fight for it will have it for many others would like to take it from us. Many Americans have given their lives so that we have the freedom today to get off of work and school, to enjoy a parade, a picnic, and a game with the family. If you didn’t take time to remember the cost of freedom, it is not too late.