Remembering More than the Fallen
John 15:12-13 This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
Every year, at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we pause – we remember. But remembrance isn’t just about history; it’s about honouring something sacred at the heart of our humanity – the courage to lay down our lives for each other.
A friend of mine, Anthony Cheesman, summed Remembrance Day up beautifully when he wrote:
No one wins in war, neither combatants nor civilians… and yet, time and time again, people have chosen to serve – sharing grit in the face of fear and hardship. Above these wonderful human qualities, their service and sacrifice also represent a powerful sense of duty.
That sense of duty – of love expressed through sacrifice – echoes something far deeper. Jesus once said:
John 15:12-13 This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
When He died on the cross, Jesus wasn’t just showing courage; He was unequivocally demonstrating divine love – the love that rescues, that restores, that calls us to live for others.
In an age obsessed with self – self-promotion, self-protection, self-comfort – Jesus is calling us, both you and me, to remember that love always costs us something.
His death wasn’t only our salvation; it was also our invitation – to live sacrificially, to serve boldly, to love deeply. So, as together we remember the fallen, let’s also remember the One who fell for us – and rise to live as He lived.
Lest we forget.
That’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.
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