Monday is a National Holiday.  When I was a child we called it Decoration Day, I knew we were going to the Cemetery to decorate the graves of loved ones. Memorial Day is always the last Monday in May.  It was a day set aside to honor men and women who died serving the U.S. Military.  Got any plans?  I am afraid many of us have forgotten the true meaning of this time and are happy to get a paid day off of work and realize it is the unofficial beginning of summer.  We take the meaning of the holiday for granted.

Do we also take the privilege of taking the Lord’s Supper for granted?  Do we see it as another part of our worship? What if we only took it once a year, or once a month?  Would you miss it?

The Bible gives us examples of observing the Lord’s supper.  And upon the first day of the week, when the Disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them Acts 20:7. We have the example in Matthew 26 of Jesus giving His Disciples the bread and the cup.

This same bread and cup we take every Sunday is a Memorial of Jesus’ gift to you and me. It is a celebration with Jesus for His Victory over sin and death and the grave.  It is a time of reflection of our faithfulness to the Lord, and to remember our Lord and Savior as He suffered on the cruel cross of Calvary. This Memorial Feast should never be minimized, never be routine, and never taken for granted.

Brothers and Sisters, I am glad to take the Lords Supper every Sunday so I can reflect on what this Memorial means to you and me.  So, I say to you this Sunday, this First day of the week, Happy Memorial Day, as we Celebrate the life of our Lord Jesus Christ!      

This Do In Remembrance Of Me!  1 Cor. 11:25