Remember

Dear Sisters,

Happy Monday! I hope that you’re all doing well and enjoying Spring. The changing of the seasons are remembrances of God’s faithfulness and care: As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease (Genesis 8:22).
Have a wonderful week remembering the wonders of God!

REMEMBER

Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always. Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced. 1 Chronicles 16:11-12

Awhile back, a dear sister in Christ gifted me a Willow Tree Angel: Angels Embrace. It’s a beautiful sculpture of an angel embracing a small child. This friend gave it to me as a reminder of her prayers when a little foster son whom our family loved as our own was court-ordered to his mother after living with us for a year and a half.

The sculpture is a “remembrance” item for me. It’s displayed in my prayer closet (aka bedroom!) on the table by my Bible and prayer journal. It’s a tangible reminder of God’s constant love and care for this little one and a symbol of the daily prayers that are said on his behalf.

Reading through the book of Numbers, “remembrance” items are nothing new. God put them in place for His people frequently!

Tassels on the corners of their garments were to serve as a remembrance to obey all the commands of the LORD (Numbers 15:37-41).

The censers that were taken out of the smoldering remains of Korah and his men’s rebellion against the Lord were hammered into sheets to overlay the altar as a remembrance that no one except a descendant of Aaron should come to burn incense before the LORD (Numbers 16:31-40).

Aaron’s staff that budded, blossomed, and produced almonds served as a remembrance to the rebellious to put an end to their grumbling against God (Numbers 17:1-10).

Remembrances are small things that carry a big message. Whether it’s a Willow Tree Angel, adding photos to your prayer journal, wearing a prayer bracelet, or placing some other small, but meaningful item in your prayer closet, kitchen, or office, they can serve as prayer prompters. When you see them, let it serve as a reminder to look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always (1 Chronicles 16:11). Use these items to help you remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced (1 Chronicles 16:11-12).

The word “remember” is found 161 times in the New International Version of the Bible. With a thankful heart, remember, commemorate, consider, and bring to remembrance petitions for yourself and others, and thanksgiving for the ways He’s answered prayer.

Prayer Step: Do you find yourself forgetting to talk to God about prayer requests that have come your way? Use prayer prompters to help you remember!

It is not wrong to have reminders that point us to God, provided they don’t replace God or His Word. We are to “seek those things which are above” (Colossians 3:1). Warren W. Wiersbe

Grace and peace,
Lenae