A Day Of Remembrance

Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of many generations.
Ask your father, and he will show you;
Your elders, and they will tell you.
  -- Deuteronomy 32:7

Today we observe the anniversary of the Beirut Marine Barracks destroyed by a terrorist in 1983. It is not a fun thing to remember. To forget and let it go into the past though is to invite a person with similar views to do the same thing to us once again. And so as 'elder' Marines now, we bring it up by way of remembered wisdom. We also do not want the sacrifice of those 241 American service members to be forgotten.

In a similar way, God did not want the Israelites to be constantly forgetting the lessons of their past days. And thus for all of us, our duty is to remember.

Bucky