Remember...

It seems that every where I turn, the Lord is leading me to the exodus of His people from Israel. I just finished a Bible study on it, have been listening to it on one of my podcasts, it pops up in my daily emails....I have said before that I love when the Lord is repetitive (I also don't like it as it means I am a bit dense if He has to keep repeating Himself). The one thing that has struck me today is how much the Lord tells them to remember. Remember me when you are in the land, remember the Sabbath and keep it Holy, set up memorials to remember, tell your children, remember, remember, remember. There is also a Psalms on how the people forgot all the mighty works that He had done for them leading them out. He parted the sea, He gave them manna, quail came, yet every time a new obstacle came up, they forgot what He had already done...they were so spiritually shortsighted. How often am I that very same way? Impossible circumstances come before me and I grumble; I look to the problem rather than the Lord. I ask what should I do instead of Lord, what are you going to do? The problem: I forget...I don't remember.

As I sit here waiting on the house and where the Lord wants to move us (or if He wants to move us), how we are going to puchase another car, how I am going to balance 3 children under the age of 4... I feel I have been called to remember the GREAT and mighty things He has provided for me in the past. Let my faith be strengthened by WHO He is and what He has already done. He has proved Himself faithful in the past and He will continue to show HIs faithfulness. His plan is ALWAYS perfect even if it means a time in the wilderness. Will I forget or will I remember...

- Remember that when I needed $500 for a mission trip that I got an unexpected bonus from a company that I had not been employed with for 5 years for that exact amount.
- Remember that I thought wedding dresses were ridiculously expensive only to find one in my size on the clearance rack.
- Remember that when I was 30 years old and recently broken up with my boyfriend and thought that there was no hope, that Jamison came along a mere 1 week later and we were married 8 months later.
- Remember the girly issues I had that caused doctors early on in my life to wonder if I would ever get pregnant...here we are 3 kids later amazed at the ease of which I have conceived. Hence the names: Grayson (here the word Grace in there?) and Hope.
- Remember the encouragement from friends that came in the form of "I am praying for you" at just the time I needed to hear it.
- Remember when the Lord allowed me not to make cheerleader and took me back to drill team. While such a minor thing, it was a time when a broken relationship was healed and 2 short years later, my friend was taken home. What a blessing to have that healed with no regrets prior to her passing.
- Remember when finances have been tight in recent years that provision has shown up in many ways.
- Remember a friend who He sent to pray with me every night through a difficult season.
- Remember that I provided a refrig with your house - even if it was from the 70s it still worked and sufficed for a time.
- stuff for the new baby - things He has already answered, even as small as a friend giving me her boppy pillow today!
Most importantly:
- Remember that He sent His son to die for my sins so I could have a right relationship with Him. That is worth remembering....that alone is His love, given in the fullest!