Monday's thoughts

"Things I Want to Remember"

The sermon for Sunday the 25th of May will try to help us get in touch with the things in our lives that are so important we never want to forget them. Memorial weekend is a time to think about the brave men and women who have paid the price for our freedom. We never want to forget them.

Memorial Day is a time to recall those people who have given us so much in the richness and wisdom from their lives that we know we are what we are because they were, to us, what they were. We never want to forget them.

There needs to be a time in the year when we think about the people who have tested our patience; who have challenged our assumptions. They may not have seemed to be friends. They may have, actually, been our foes, but their opposition gave us strength and helped us find a deeper truth as we countered their presuppositions.

Memorial weekend has become an important time in the church. We reflect upon the people in the church who have made the church what it has become and we are grateful to them.

In life there is nothing wasted. Everything has its purpose and it utility. The past is the past but it is not gone forever.

What are the important aspects of your life you want to remember? Who are the important people who have helped form your character?

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I look forward to hearing from you.


Charles Schuster