Never forget...

I just read that the Canadian Parliament voted down a bill barring the state from euthanizing mentally ill Canadians. The eugenics of early 20th century America and mid 20th century Germany have returned and I’m having a difficult time understanding how such a thing happens.

Then again, we’ve just witnessed the barbarous terrorism that Hamas has visited on Israel. This has sparked antisemitism to redound around the globe. Again, how does this come back around?

We’ve heard the phrase (or at least I have from my youth) “never forget.” And yet we do. Lord, have mercy.

Thankfully, our God never forgets His grace toward us, the forgiveness which was purchased for us all through Christ Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection. And He reminds us to remember this, in turn, each time we celebrate Holy Communion – “Do this in remembrance of me.”

Isaiah 49:14-16 But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me.”

15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?

Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;…