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Let me confess today that I can't let November end without a blog. I was thinking of doing a post about Remembrance Day since November started yet I was distracted with a lot of things and eventually FORGOT about it.
Lest we forget, there's really nothing memorable about November, and saying
that makes me want to wish I have XXXXXXXXXL memory (don't worry I'm working on that). The truth is, we are all forgetful people but God doesnt stop causing great and awesome things each moment and even those things that I consider not-so-awesome becomes awesome in His time. Romans 8:28
For me that was kind of the story of remembrance day. Let me tell you a little bit of it according to the tons of World war movies I've watched. I am honestly so excited to give you kind of a history lesson in this blog today,LOL I promise it won't be long and boring (3 short paragraphs for 6 years of war)
It was 1939 when World War II started in Germany with a simple ideology called NAZISM. NAZISM or National socialism (German Nationalsozialismus) is a belief that there is a superior race and whoever is not part of that race is meant to serve that race or be killed.
Intense persecution and oppression broke out in all of Europe. Millions of people who seemed less desirable, ugly, sick people, the unhealthy, the Jews because they were considered threat to the superior race were sent to concentration camps to be systematically killed by poison gas, like school of cattle going to a butcher. Others were used for human experimentation as documented and was the basis for Nuremberg code. Families were ripped apart and a number of huge industries were given up. With their brilliant strategic warfare and technology they were able to penetrate all of Europe and spread their ideology, wiping out huge armies that come their way.
But not Great Britain and the Allied forces which comprise of Canada, Free french Forces, United States and some commonwealth countries, they would have to land in a beach of Europe to push back all of the enemies' armies. That's the NORMANDY LANDINGS or Operation Overlord in France, June 6, 1946. Over 5000 allied ships were involved and for 40 minutes they bombed the enemy just to make their way to the beaches and gain a firm foothold and they used more than all the bombs consumed in 6 years of war. When the dust lifted the ground it was 16 solid hours of fighting and and they got few tiny miles of Normandy backand were able to send over 160,000 troops in the land and start liberating Europe again.
What's my point in sharing this? If we could recall World War I and II arose when there was a phenomenon of industrial, economical and multinational rivalries among world's superpowers. As we look at our world right now,we are in chaos inexplainable, we don't have world war today thank God but if we could trace the root cause of everything, reason for all of the economic tensions, problems in the world, pride, greed for money and power, it will all boil down to SIN. The very heart or core or simplest form of it is SIN. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy John 10:10aThe devil can't kill us coz if he can we'all be dead by now but what he could do is cause us to sin, for the wages of sin is death Romans 6:23 We open and let him work and make mess in our lives when we sin.
But what happened in tiny beach of Normandy is like a picture of what Jesus did in the Spirit. Just some few tiny miles let Him grab a foothold and then we will see ourselves free. With Jesus we can overcome sin and let Him start with our tiny Normandy.
As we remember our heroes of war, let us think of Jesus Christ. I know there are a lot of things that we've been learning from church Friday after by Friday and if there's one thing we want you to commit to memory and not forget for eternity, this is it: God is crazy about you, that He sent His only Son Jesus Christ to die for you, (Romans 5:8) to liberate us from the power of sin (Romans 6:22-23), to save us from eternal death in hell.(John 3:16) That is the heart of the gospel.
We've been seeing each other for years now, learning about Jesus each time we meet, and I know not everything that we teach you retains in your memory but if there's one thing that I don't want you to forget that is the Gospel. I pray you also build your life in it.
P.s. Made-up Forgotten quote: Repetition is the mother of retention
Lest we forget, there's really nothing memorable about November, and saying
that makes me want to wish I have XXXXXXXXXL memory (don't worry I'm working on that). The truth is, we are all forgetful people but God doesnt stop causing great and awesome things each moment and even those things that I consider not-so-awesome becomes awesome in His time. Romans 8:28
For me that was kind of the story of remembrance day. Let me tell you a little bit of it according to the tons of World war movies I've watched. I am honestly so excited to give you kind of a history lesson in this blog today,LOL I promise it won't be long and boring (3 short paragraphs for 6 years of war)
It was 1939 when World War II started in Germany with a simple ideology called NAZISM. NAZISM or National socialism (German Nationalsozialismus) is a belief that there is a superior race and whoever is not part of that race is meant to serve that race or be killed.
Intense persecution and oppression broke out in all of Europe. Millions of people who seemed less desirable, ugly, sick people, the unhealthy, the Jews because they were considered threat to the superior race were sent to concentration camps to be systematically killed by poison gas, like school of cattle going to a butcher. Others were used for human experimentation as documented and was the basis for Nuremberg code. Families were ripped apart and a number of huge industries were given up. With their brilliant strategic warfare and technology they were able to penetrate all of Europe and spread their ideology, wiping out huge armies that come their way.
But not Great Britain and the Allied forces which comprise of Canada, Free french Forces, United States and some commonwealth countries, they would have to land in a beach of Europe to push back all of the enemies' armies. That's the NORMANDY LANDINGS or Operation Overlord in France, June 6, 1946. Over 5000 allied ships were involved and for 40 minutes they bombed the enemy just to make their way to the beaches and gain a firm foothold and they used more than all the bombs consumed in 6 years of war. When the dust lifted the ground it was 16 solid hours of fighting and and they got few tiny miles of Normandy backand were able to send over 160,000 troops in the land and start liberating Europe again.
What's my point in sharing this? If we could recall World War I and II arose when there was a phenomenon of industrial, economical and multinational rivalries among world's superpowers. As we look at our world right now,we are in chaos inexplainable, we don't have world war today thank God but if we could trace the root cause of everything, reason for all of the economic tensions, problems in the world, pride, greed for money and power, it will all boil down to SIN. The very heart or core or simplest form of it is SIN. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy John 10:10aThe devil can't kill us coz if he can we'all be dead by now but what he could do is cause us to sin, for the wages of sin is death Romans 6:23 We open and let him work and make mess in our lives when we sin.
But what happened in tiny beach of Normandy is like a picture of what Jesus did in the Spirit. Just some few tiny miles let Him grab a foothold and then we will see ourselves free. With Jesus we can overcome sin and let Him start with our tiny Normandy.
As we remember our heroes of war, let us think of Jesus Christ. I know there are a lot of things that we've been learning from church Friday after by Friday and if there's one thing we want you to commit to memory and not forget for eternity, this is it: God is crazy about you, that He sent His only Son Jesus Christ to die for you, (Romans 5:8) to liberate us from the power of sin (Romans 6:22-23), to save us from eternal death in hell.(John 3:16) That is the heart of the gospel.
We've been seeing each other for years now, learning about Jesus each time we meet, and I know not everything that we teach you retains in your memory but if there's one thing that I don't want you to forget that is the Gospel. I pray you also build your life in it.
P.s. Made-up Forgotten quote: Repetition is the mother of retention
