Let’s begin with a short, random quiz. What did you have for lunch last Sabbath? What did you wear to church? What was the sermon about last week? (Don’t tell me if you don’t remember the last one). If you’re like me, it’s easy to forget. What if the quiz went something like this? Where was your favorite vacation? What were your colors for your wedding or graduation? Where were you baptized? Was that a little easier?

The question isn’t that we forget so easily, but why. Perhaps our mind doesn’t work as we’d like. Maybe because we face many distractions? Or, we just don’t think it important enough to store in our long term memory. We tend to remember significant moments in our lives more than the everyday events.

I’m amazed at those who have a gift for remembering names, birthdays, and anniversaries of others. And when they remember those milestones in our lives how do we respond? Hopefully with gratitude. Yet, even the best at remembering can’t remember everything.

That it isn’t so with God. The Bible declares that He loves you so much that He can’t and won’t forget you. Let me share a few thoughts from scripture. Did you know that God knew all of your days before you were formed? (Ps. 139:16) Or that God knows every hair on your head? (Mt. 10:30) Or that you are engraved on the palms of God’s hands? (Is. 49:16) It’s all there, and more. And not just you and me, but for all of his creation. Let that sink in. We are among the 8 billion people and God knows everything about each of us, and amazingly loves us the same. Even the best of us forgets others from time to time, but God never does. Examining my own life, I know it to be true. And I’m eternally grateful. How about you?

- Pastor Jim