Monday 29 May 2023 – Memorial Day

Awake at first light, around 4, and on the beach with Luke at 530.

I was considering the power and promise of faith, and thinking about some words we listened to yesterday, that faith is a belief system. The Lord challenged me:

            Here is a mystery to you child: Some things you call ‘systems’ have structure that you describe as “input-process-output”. Yet consider this: Your input is the word, and your output is the word, the sword of the Spirit, which is the word.

            You input spiritual nourishment by faith, hope and love. You output spiritual authority, delegated to you by the power of Christ.

There was a long period of silence to absorb that, a restful silence that covered the drive home from the beach.

I was so deep in thought that I almost blanked out on all the flags and bunting, on simple preparations being made for a local parade. At the moment I remembered, “It’s Memorial Day,” I heard these words:

            I know this is a day of your remembrance and honoring those who fought and died in wars; a remembrance of extreme sacrifices made in the physical. Remember this, child: When they went into battle, they went with only what they could carry, knives, weapons, extra stones, arrows or ammunition. They went one direction, forward, toward the enemy. You will honor them by continuing to fight for freedom, justice, truth, with all the weapons you can carry, going forward with Me.

            You war in the Spirit, so commemorate those who have sacrificed in the Spirit.