There
are many times in my life when things my mother used to say will come back to
me but one of the most memorable is “If you are happy where you are, you will
be happy where you go.” I believe her mother used to say the same thing to her
meaning that you cannot run from your problems. She also used to tell me to
always put the shiny side of the foil down when I cover a baking sheet. When I
finally got old enough to ask my mom why we had to put the shiny side down, she
said it was the way she had always been taught to do things. Apparently my
great grandmother was bothered by the shiny side of the foil so she always
placed that side down while baking and it ended up being a quirk that was
passed down through my family’s generations of bakers.
At the
end of the book of Esther, there is a feast put into place in order to remember
how the Lord had delivered the Jews through Esther and Mordecai. Every year on
that day the Jews celebrate in order to remember God’s deliverance in that way.
The Jews have many different festivals to remember what the Lord has done for
them at different points in their heritage, but they still chose to add one
more in order to remember what He had done at that time.
I often
wonder what views about God and about others that I will pass on to my son.
Will he remember his childhood being full of reflections on what God has done
for us? How often do I stop to recognize when God has answered my prayers? How
often do I celebrate His provision? What can I do to reflect on the work God
has done in my life? I recently suggested to someone that they keep a prayer
journal in order to look back on how God has answered their prayers, but I have
not kept one for years. How different would my prayers be if I reflected on how
God has answered me before approaching Him?
Lord,
please forgive me for forgetting the work You have done in my life. Help me to
remember the prayers You answer and the promises You keep and give You the praise
you deserve. Amen.
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