What the Lord has done:

Memorial Day, an American holiday observed on the last Monday of May, honors men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971. Many Americans observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries or memorials, holding family gatherings and participating in parades. When the Lord empowered Moses to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt across the Red Sea, He commanded that the Passover and certain other feasts be remembered annually. (Deuteronomy 16) The theme? What the Lord has done. Many people here in America commemorate the linkage of their families on a day called “family reunion”. The theme? What the Lord has done. Yet no command to remember what the Lord has done is greater than what Paul told the Church at Corinth: “For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till He come.” (1 Corinthians 11:26) Further, Paul told the Church at Colossae: “Work hard and cheerfully at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.” (Colossians 3:23) Paul’s example was to give his all to the Lord each day. To work for the Lord is to do something with Him in mind each day. When we do that we are in effect commemorating what the Lord has done in our lives each day. If you really think about it, each day the Lord is blessing us. Each day that we awake is a Memorial Day for us in Jesus Christ. Be encouraged.