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Please Don't Forget Me

9/27/2010

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GOOD MORNING,
 
THE MEMORY CAPACITY OF AN ORDINARY HUMAN MIND IS ASTONISHING.  YOU MAY NOT CONSIDER YOURSELF PARTICULARLY GOOD AT REMEMBERING TECHNICAL DATA, BUT THINK ABOUT HOW MANY FACES YOU CAN RECOGNIZE OR HOW MANY NAMES YOU CAN RECALL.  ONE OF MY FAVORITE SINGERS/SONG WRITERS WAS ABLE TO RECALL LYRICS TO OVER 2,000 SONGS.  CONSIDER ALSO HOW YOU ARE ABLE TO REMEMBER SOME PAST INCIDENT OR HOW MANY WORDS YOU CAN SPELL AND DEFINE.  SOMEONE HAS ESTIMATED THAT IN A LIFETIME, A BRAIN CAN STORE ONE MILLION BILLION "BITS" OF INFORMATION.  YET HOW EASY IT IS TO FORGET THE MARVELOUS THINGS THAT GOD DOES FOR US.  WE CAN BE BLESSED BY A GREAT SERMON FROM GOD'S WORD ON SUNDAY MORNING, AND ON MONDAY MORNING NOT BE ABLE TO TELL A CO-WORKER WHAT THE MESSAGE WAS ABOUT.
 
GOD TOLD JOSHUA TO HAVE TWELVE MEN, ONE FROM EACH TRIBE, TAKE A STONE FROM THE RIVER BED.  THEY WERE TO BUILD A MONUMENT TO REMEMBER THAT THE ISRAELITES JUST PASSED THROUGH THE JORDAN ON DRY GROUND.  IT WAS NOT JUST FOR THAT GENERATION, BUT IT WAS TO BE A FAMILY MEMORY.  IT WAS TO HELP THEM, THEIR KIDS, AND THEIR GRANDKIDS TO NEVER FORGET THAT GREAT ACT OF GOD'S LOVE AND PROVISION.
 
JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES, CONCERNING THE BREAD AND CUP AT THE LAST SUPPER:  "....DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME."   1 CORINTHIANS 11:27   IF MAN'S BRAIN HAS THE CAPACITY TO REMEMBER SUCH AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF DATA, WHY WOULD JESUS HAVE TO TELL THEM TO NOT FORGET HIM.  THINK ABOUT THE SADNESS OF THAT LITTLE STATEMENT: "PLEASE DON'T FORGET ME."  THE FACT IS HE KNOWS HOW QUICKLY AND EASILY MAN DOES FORGET THE MARVELOUS THINGS GOD HAS DONE FOR HIM.
 
BUT LET US, YOU AND I, NEVER FORGET WHAT HE DID FOR US ON THAT OLD RUGGED CROSS, AND NEVER LET YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS FORGET.
 
HENRY
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    Henry D. is from Southern Indiana and writes these wonderful daily devotionals to encourage those at the Dogwood Community Church located in Paoli, Indiana.  Henry has graciously agreed to share these wonderful devotionals here at Without Excuse Ministries to encourage you our valued guest!

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