Lord, Bless Us To Remember Those Who Have Gone On Before Us. May We Be Ready When You Call Our Name. Amen
We celebrate Memorial Day when we pause to remember those who have gone to the other side. It should also be a time when we try to grasp a better understanding of Life, Death, and Resurrection. Death is a debt that all of us must pay, sooner or later. We all must face it whether we want to or not.
Life is full of mysteries. But nothing is as mysterious to us as Death. Nothing puzzles us more than the things about Life after Death. The apostle tells us that we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in the end. The apostle, however, does not explain the transformation he predicts; he merely states the fact. Our curiosity and our needs are left unsatisfied. In the 2,000 years since Paul wrote these words, no one else has been able to clarify the Resurrection any more than he did. And if we must wait until the mystery has been dispelled before we can believe in the Resurrection, we may be waiting forever. On the other hand, we can treat this matter as we do all the other things in Life that we cannot understand.
We can accept it by faith and let it bring meaning to those aspects of Life that concern us the most.
Now, one problem which concerns all of us is the nature of Life itself. Scientists can tell us many things about it. Our knowledge can improve it and make it easier. But the true nature of our Life here is still a mystery.
If we turn to the Scriptures for an answer, we can also learn about Life: Job 8:9 describes it as a shadow, and Job 7:7 as a breath. Job 7:6 says it moves as quickly as a weaver’s shuttle. Isaiah 40:6-7 says, Life is a flower that blooms but immediately fades like the grass that grows and begins to wither. Yes, all these speak of the brevity, the shortness of Life, but none explain its true nature.
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