Trust and Remembering

I remember years ago being in a little small group with my dad and going through a exercise which consisted of us writing down where we were and what we were doing and the issues we were dealing with...ten years ago

Another memory comes from a time maybe 25 years back when I had all kinds of unanswerable questions in the Bible and a friend encouraging me to write them inside the front cover

Years later I looked back at those questions and hardly believe I was the one who wrote them

Life seems different when you take a few minutes to remember

Soren Kierkegaard once remarked, "life must be lived forward, but it can only be understood looking back."

Today I am praying about the future for my family

I struggle with trusting God as I look forward

But if I look back, He sure has a great track record of leading, providing and surprising me

In fact, the more I look back and specifically look for God's hand in my life, the more I see His hand in almost everything

I guess I am not the first forgettor of God

I see His warnings often in the bible, especially the Old Testament, where He delivers His people with a HUGE miracle and then tells them to set up some stones and remember this day, event and place

He must know we'll forget Him

When we do remember, anxiety lessens

When I remember God, like I am doing today, I trust Him all the more

Therefore,

Looking at our past tells us a lot about who we can trust in our future