[Faith-talk] Good Night Message for Monday, April 1, 2013

[Danielle Antoine]

thanks, You always post very thought-provoking soul-searching pieces.
Danielle, your sister in christ

On 4/1/13, Paul <oilofgladness47 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well folks, for the majority of people in this world April 1 has come and
> gone, whereas we in the Americas and the Caribbean have a ways to go before
> we bid a fond adieu or farewell to this date in 2013.  I hope and pray that,
> by God's matchless grace and His providential care, that your day went well
> today or is going well.
>
> Ken Maher, a pastor from Canada, contributed our article for today entitled
> "Remember Me?", rendered as follows:
>
> There it is again.  Mocking me.  Teasing me with its promise that just never
> seems to come true.  On the computer, right under the log-in boxes for user
> names and passwords is that little check box, "Remember me." Why yes,
> please! That would be wonderful.  How thoughtful of you.
>
> Yet each time I come back to the site, I need to log in again.  It hasn't
> remembered me at all.  So I check the box again, hoping that maybe this time
> I will be remembered.  But I'm not.
>
> We all know what it's like to not be remembered:  that awkward and
> uncomfortable exchange when someone you know can't seem to place you.  There
> is no better way than instantly deflating a person's overgrown ego than to
> hear someone say:  "And you are ....?"
>
> The fear of being forgotten starts so many of our conversations.  "Remember
> me? Last we had iced tea on so-and-so's porch." The fear of being forgotten
> leads many a youth to daring and foolhardy actions.  "I'll show them!
> They'll remember the day they called me a chicken!" The fear of being
> forgotten inspires many large works of philanthropy at the end of one's
> life.
>
> But no matter how great or grand the gestures, no matter how foolish or
> foolhardy the actions, no matter how many times you type in the passwords
> and check the boxes, you will be forgotten.  Time has a way of wiping clean
> the memories of even the best of us.
>
> Is it any wonder that people are afraid that God has forgotten them? How
> long do I need to be away before He asks, "And you are ...?" How much time
> apart is too much? How many sick-bed prayers begin, "Remember me, God? I
> used to worship at such-and-such church all those years ago." How many
> misinformed souls go to daring and foolhardy lengths to "buy" God's
> remembrance? How many death-bed occupants are moved to great and grand
> religious gestures in the hopes of being remembered before it is too late?
>
> Fear not.  While we may forget, God does not! When you're united to Christ
> through God's gift of faith, God never forgets--He has carved you in the
> very palm of His hand.  You are there every time our Lord Jesus looks at His
> own hand; right there in that nail-shaped scar that bears your name!
>
> Remember me? He certainly does!
>
> And there you have Pastor Ken's article for today.  I'm sure that many
> people on this list are not forgotten by others.  What a gift of mutual
> encouragement and support we have in our online Christian communities! If
> only such were so in our local communities! I'm beginning to wonder how we
> survived without computers? We did, but it wasn't easy.
>
> And now may the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob just keep us safe,
> individually and collectively, throughout this night or day and especially
> in these last days in which we live.  Your Christian friend and brother,
> Paul
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