Learning from History

Happy Memorial Day!

Begun in 1868 to remember those who lost their lives in the US Civil War, for the most part this holiday has turned into a beginning-of-summer party for family and friends. Growing up, it was the day we turned blue getting the dock into the chilly lake and cleaned the cabin after a long winter.

In later years, the weekend has included some visits to local cemeteries where the worn-out bodies of more and more of our loved ones are left behind as the Lord calls them home. Some of those graves are decorated with flags in honor of their military service, and we may add some favorite flowers.

Even if we don't have specific traditions to focus on the meaning and history behind the holiday, I believe we need to take history more seriously as we view all of life. 

True history, that is...

Those of us who are of a certain
vintage find it hard to fathom the
way in which today's students are
being encouraged to rewrite history
rather than to learn from it.

· Alistair Begg

Those that fail to
learn from history,

are doomed to repeat it.

· Winston Churchill

Our task is not to deny or to
denigrate the past but to
recognize that we live in
a fallen world and that the
transformation we long for
in America is that which
will be brought about by
the power of the Gospel.

· Alistair Begg