STANDING IN THE RAIN - REMEMBERING THOSE WHO DIED IN THE RAINMaybe it was just time or was it the new camera or the threat of going to the doctor; what ever Larry started to feel better yesterday. He even walked down to Zeller's. So many people have been praying so this is an answer to prayer. It is time to be thankful and we are.
We will be going to a Remembrance day service at New Westminster today. It looks like a miserable day which it often is on Nov.11. But it is an important day to remember all those who died in the wars and are still dying. War changed the lives of many families; destroying their dreams and hopes. It devastated them.
It is time to listen to the stories of the past and let the dying speak to us today.
I remember listening to the radio when World War 2 ended and the whole world exploded with joy and a new faith that there would never be another awful tragedy where so many young people lost their lives.
I feel very sad as our young Canadian people are fighting what seems to me a hopeless war in another country.
When will we learn how to create peace in our families, our jobs, our churches, our neighborhoods?
The Bible says "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall see God."
The peace we have today has been possible because so many sacrificed for us.
Communion reminds us of the sacrifice of Jesus that in giving up his life he was giving us new life.
We will be going to a Remembrance day service at New Westminster today. It looks like a miserable day which it often is on Nov.11. But it is an important day to remember all those who died in the wars and are still dying. War changed the lives of many families; destroying their dreams and hopes. It devastated them.
It is time to listen to the stories of the past and let the dying speak to us today.
I remember listening to the radio when World War 2 ended and the whole world exploded with joy and a new faith that there would never be another awful tragedy where so many young people lost their lives.
I feel very sad as our young Canadian people are fighting what seems to me a hopeless war in another country.
When will we learn how to create peace in our families, our jobs, our churches, our neighborhoods?
The Bible says "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall see God."
The peace we have today has been possible because so many sacrificed for us.
Communion reminds us of the sacrifice of Jesus that in giving up his life he was giving us new life.
3 comments:
No, mom, Jesus didn't die for us - he lived for us! It was the functionaries in the later christian church that made up all this sacrificial-offering-up thing, not Jesus himself. Why would a man who had such a sceptical view of sacrifices and all other legalistic rituals turn himself into such a thing? It makes no sense!
On about 4 or 5 different levels it makes no sense!
Love,
Rick
I think we have had this talk before.
I did not say he died for us but that his death put an end to all the sacrifical deaths so that we are now free from a religion of legalistic bondage to enjoy a relationship that lives beyond death.
Well, ... yyyeeesss ... but why would you do a silly ritualistic thing to end silly ritualistic things? I agree that we should consider ourselves free of that nonsense, but that freedom arises from what Jesus is reported to have said, not from his barbaric crucifixion.
Love,
Rick
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