Memorial

      Most of our lives are filled with memories and a lot of things that we like to remember over the years.  This time of year in Indiana was when our Iris plants would be in full bloom.  We had a lot of them and so Mom would begin cutting them on Memorial Day and wrapping them in groups with old newspapers.  We then loaded them into the car and headed out to a number of the cemeteries in La Porte County.  We would then locate the grave of a loved one and leave a bouquet of Iris until the car was empty.  Each year was the same routine.  There are perhaps a lot of things that we like to remember and one of them is certainly God.      Exodus 3:14-15 says, “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.  And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.”   It is interesting to note that God introduced Himself to Moses and gave Moses His name.  This name, as given here in Exodus, is going to reappear in the Gospel of John shen the Lord Jesus Christ uses the same expression in what many refer to as the seven “I AM’s” of John. We might say, “Well, who would forget God?”  All we need to do is to look around us in our culture today and the answer is plain.  We, as a people and as a nation have forgotten God and made a mockery out of all that is spiritual.  The laws and precepts of God have been disregarded and altered until that which was originally classified as sin now appears to be legal and accepted in the norms of society.  It has become a mockery to God and the words of Second Timothy 3:1-5 echo around the world.  God is certainly able to change things but we can see judgment coming.  We need to ask ourselves if we have forgotten to remember God in our daily lives.  It is a time of remembering and God should be at the forefront of our “memorials.”  Praise God today for all that He is doing in all of our lives.