Yesterday was Remembrance Day in Canada, a day to honour those who risked (and lost) their lives for the freedom we have in this country.
In a world with multiple wars raging, and rumours of more, the phrase we often use on this day “lest we forget” seems to have a greater urgency and relevancy than ever.
God of our fathers, known of old,
Rudyard Kipling, Recessional (1897)
Lord of our far-flung battle line,
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
And yet, in the midst of the chaos of our world, the uncertainty and the noise, we can have a hope that is not shaken. My reading yesterday was in Psalm 46, and this verse stood out in particular, reminding me that God is still in control.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
Psalm 46:9 ESV
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the chariots with fire.