History

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This weekend in Plzen has been a History weekend, the streets are full of people going to different events in the center. There are numerous concerts, cultural dances, historical reenactments, sword fighting and many products both old and new for sale! Unlike most weekends here in Plzen when the streets are empty and you have your choice of bench to sit and rest on, this weekend the streets are packed and every bench taken with people celebrating the past.
I don't know really how much anybody is really celebrating the History as much as they are just using this time to get together and celebrate! Whatever the case it is a reminder for me to not forget the past. There is so much that we can learn from the past, from those who have walked before us! Here in Czech they have a long history and a very rich history at that! The dominating powers that came in a took over for the last couple of centuries, are not all that lie in Czech History. Some of the richest history that they posses is the Moravian Brethren movement. A group of solid believers who took off and went into the whole world with the Gospel. WHY? Not because they were devoted to the cause of seeing the name of Jesus proclaimed around the world, but because they were devoted to Jesus. This is a history we would love to see repeat itself! And it is good to remember on a weekend like this weekend that History is really something that we create today, the good and the bad. Today will soon be over but will forever be edged in History... WHAT WILL OUR HISTORY LOOK LIKE? Will we leave a history that should be repeated? Maybe we should go for that, and like the Moravian Brethren just be more concerned with being devoted to Jesus then to any cause!