Memorial Day brings up rememberance, patriotism, and for many Americans a day off. Normally holidays in our great country are accompanied by other events and Memorial Day doesn't disappoint in that area. A few examples are the family outings (which I participated in this weekend), graduations, bbqs, picnics, and since 1911 the weekend features the running of the the Indianapolis 500.The easy thing to do with Memorial Day is to skip over it, go on with your day, and enjoy what many call a spring board into summer (since I live in ND and woke up to 40 degress this morning, I kind of disagree). The idea of this holiday is to remember those that have perished or have fallen protecting this country. This holiday brings up death and the reality that death is coming to us all. As followers of Jesus a good way to think about death and the perspective that we can have is given by Francis Chan in his new book Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God. One of the best phrases in the book is "Your best life later." Memorial Day is about rememberance, but also can be about anticipation of the glorification we will experience later.
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I can only guess that is a stab at "your best life now". I like it.
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