Sometimes we need to take a look at where we’ve been with God to really understand His faithfulness and love for us. I was reminded of that by a Facebook memory that popped up in my newsfeed recently.
I’d written the post while staying with my son at the hospital following a serious surgery. On that particular morning, I was exhausted by our stay, and my steps were slow as I walked to the cafeteria for breakfast.
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But while waiting on the elevator, I realized I was on the 6th floor. The view out the window of the concrete roof held special significance. It was one I’d seen many times before. Here’s what I wrote on Facebook that day:
“This morning at the hospital, I stopped at floor #6 and looked at the strip of concrete roof that was my view for the six weeks I spent there after a car wreck. The doctors said I’d never walk normally, I’d have arthritis within a year, and I’d have to have a hip replacement within five years. Just want to thank Him again for all those answered prayers.”
Thirty-five years later, the memories of God’s faithfulness during those days still moves me to tears.
Do you need a reminder of His faithfulness today?
Wouldn’t it be cool if we could sit down with some of the men and women in the Bible and talk about their memories of times with God?
Wouldn’t it be awesome to hear Joseph’s rendition of the events that took him from a dreary prison cell to the palace? Only God could have opened the door of the prison and then the door of the palace for Joseph.
Or can you imagine the jaw-dropping story from Daniel as he told how a faithful God kept him alive and unharmed during an entire night in a den of lions? Only God could have turned a night of fear into a story of His protection.
What if Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego could show us the clothes they wore in the fiery furnace—without a burn or scorch mark on them, or even the aroma of smoke—and then tell us about the moment they realized God was standing there with them? Such an amazing memory of His presence during hard times.
Sweet friends, sometimes in the busyness of life, we forget to remember His faithfulness. Do you need to look back and remember what He’s done for you? Do you need to share those memories with your children, grandchildren or others who need to hear them?
I’m so grateful I can look back and remember where I’ve been with Him—and know that the God who was faithful in the past will also be faithful in the future.
