---REMEMBER AMD CELEBRATE ~~

--"Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is
my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." --[Luke 22:19] --

---On December 6, 1907, explosions rocked a small community in the US state of West Virginia, producing one of the worst disasters in the history of the coal-mining industry. Some 360 miners were killed, and it's been estimated that this horrific tragedy miners will killed, and it's been estimated that this horrific tragedy left behind about 250 widows and 1,000 children without fathers. Historians maintain that the memorial service became the seedbed from which the celebration of Father's Day in the US would eventually grown. Out of great loss came remembrance and -- eventually --celebration.

The greatest tragedy in human history occurred when human beings crucified their Creator. Yet, that dark moment also produced both remembrance and--eventually-- celebration. The night before He would go to the cross, Jesus took elements of Israel's Passover and created His own memorial celebration. Luke's record describes the scene this way: "And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it and gave it to them, saying 'This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me" (see text)'"

Still today, whenever we take communion, we honor His great, unflinching love for us--remembering the cost of our rescue and celebrating the gift of life His sacrifice produced.
As Charles Wesley said in his great hymn, "Amazing love! How can it be that Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?"

--ODB/BC~

--"His Name Is Jesus" // Phil Wickham (lyric video) //
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqnkIzXRvGc>
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