Today’s Reading: Psalms 106
One of the quotes that I heard this past Thanksgiving was “ We give thanks for the things that we remember”.
Memories are not just for us, but for our past selves , our present selves, and our future selves.
When we share the things of our past through stories and anecdotes we create a picture of the past. For me, some of the most profound memories that I have are from stories that were given to me by my family and ancestors. I never met either one of my grandfathers, but I saw their lives through the stories. The stories and the legacy that we give from our memories will shape our future memories in others.
In this passage, Psalms 106, we are called to give thanks for the memories of the past and then continue to share these memories to help the future. God is asking us to REMEMBER all the things that he has done and cherish them.
“Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them, that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.
Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works;
they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.
They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes and were brought low through their iniquity.
Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.
For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.”
Psalm 106:4-7, 13, 21, 43-45 ESV
God is merciful and generous. His time span is infinite to ours. A millennium to us is a blink in time for Him. God allows us to remember Him through His Spirit and through his relationship with us.
We remember him through our stories that have been given to us over the generations.
We remember the love that He gives us.
We remember through the miracles that have been performed.
We remember because of His goodness to us.
Let’s pray that we will not forget his goodness to us. Let us not forget to share his love with others.
Be Blessed
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