Psalm 105:5-7
Remember the wonders He has done, His miracles, and the judgments He pronounced, you His servants, the descendants of Abraham, His chosen ones, the children of Jacob. He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
The older I get (which is pretty old), the more I realize how much better I am at forgetting than remembering. It is not that I do not write things down . . . I just forget where I wrote them. I am surrounded by mounds of paper that contain valuable information. The problem is trying to recall why I thought it was valuable in the first place.
In the human realm, remembering is important. Birthdays, anniversaries, and dates of all sorts crowd in for our attention. It is not long before we feel that our memory banks are on overload. What are we to do? As in all cases, we turn to the manual for life — God’s Holy Word.
When I was on a combat missile crew we had operational manuals. They were large notebooks with many plastic-coated pages. We could not perform any function without finding the correct page and following the precise steps. Each time we did, we marked it with a black marker. Failure to remember each step could lead to disaster.
We need to remember to remember. The way we do that is to study the Bible. If we are uncertain where to look, we will discover that there is a concordance in the back of most good Bibles that can direct us to where a particular word is used in the Scriptures. It is a memory aid to help us to remember!
May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
– – – Pastor Cecil