The last two Christmas' we have had memorial ornaments, first for my husband and then for my father..
As I was sorting through Christmas things yesterday, I came upon them, held them, contemplating...we are ready for new traditions ....so, there were also In the pile, first baby Christmas ornaments as well...as our family has enlarged by two new little cuddly men this year...Micheal James and Zane Tallin...
Neither Micheal or Zane will get to know their grandpa Don or Great grandpa Gene but they will still see part of them both through their parents...through legacies that have been handed down, memories shared..little idiosyncrasies which are still evident in various family members...they will have the choice as all do where their lives will lead them, hopefully to the foot of cross, to the paths that God has planned for them...just as each of their cousins and siblings....
We memorialize a lot, special days, special people, wars, birthdays, etc...not to forget, but to remember...
Remembered in the Holy place...
Exodus 28:29 “Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he will bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of decision as a continuing memorial before the Lord.
In the Old Testament, priests threw a fine flour into the fire as a memorial pleasing to the Lord...pure incense for another...
Leviticus 6:15 The priest is to take a handful of the finest flour and some olive oil, together with all the incense on the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.
Leviticus 24:7-9 By each stack put some pure incense as a memorial portion to represent the bread and to be a food offering presented to the Lord. This bread is to be set out before the Lord regularly, Sabbath after Sabbath, on behalf of the Israelites, as a lasting covenant. It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in the sanctuary area, because it is a most holy part of their perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the Lord.”
A memorial of stones to the crossing of the Jordan...
Joshua 4:7 tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever.”
Our prayers, a memorial offering...
Acts 10:4 Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked.The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God.
I enjoy having the reminders, the memorials, the Christmas tree ornaments "to think on these things", to remember these people, to memorialize the past and new beginnings....so special...
Thank YOU for the past, new beginnings...that you even think of our prayers as a memorial offering...YOU to be glorified...in all things...
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