What Is Remembered
I forget things all the time, and I’m only 22. I’ve heard it gets worse. Even though my mother likes to tell me that I have a good memory, I still know that I’m finite. I lose things, make mistakes, and pay late fees.
Worse than the ordinary day-to-day forgetfulness is the spiritual forgetfulness. The King of the universe rescues me from hell, and still my heart is tempted to go astray after worthless idols. I know sometimes I seek fulfillment in myself, other people, comfort, safety, and perceived happiness more than in Him. I abuse His gifts by putting them in His place.
I forget His beauty and glory; I forget His grace. I wallow in sin and guilt, forgetting that His mercies are new every morning. I forget His faithfulness and perfect care for me. I forget that He tells me to have no concern for tomorrow – He’s got it. I forget His Word, I forget to pray. The list goes on and on.
Reading Mary’s prayer from Luke 1, I was struck by a certain phrase: “He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy.” The cross-reference led me to Psalm 98:3, which says, “He has remembered His steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.”
To think that every thing I forget is another thing He remembers! He never forgets His own glory. He never forgets to show grace to me. He never ceases to make His mercies new every morning. He never stops being faithful and taking care of me. He never forgets about my tomorrow. He never leaves my heart alone.
Jesus died for me. He took God’s wrath for me so that I could know Him and experience His abundant grace. His grace covers my forgetfulness. May I learn to remember Him as He so faithfully remembers me.
Thank you for the encouragement! I so often fall into the habit of forgetting the most precious, treasured things – the things that are the most important!
This is a problem that so easily afflicts our hearts – I can definitely identify. I’m so thankful that God, in His mercy, is so patient and compassionate with us!
To go along with forgetting things at 22, when I hit 23 apparently I decided to become dyslexic too. Good luck on that end. 
On a more serious note, thanks for the encouragment. It is so easy to forget all the many blessings that are given to us. Though He is merciful, we need to remember to keep up our end of the bargain.
Oh I know where you are coming from Anna! Spiritual forgetfulness is the easiest kind and the one we seem to forget we are even forgetting so much of the time! Thanks for the reminder!
P.S. I LOVE your new lay out! You’re very creative!
I was just thinking about this today! And now I read this here… maybe God is wanting me to “remember” this much more.
I love those verses you shared – those are beautiful truths. Thank you for sharing.