On many occasions I need to be reminded. This morning was such a time. I grabbed an old journal and went to a park. While sipping on some coffee I read about the following instance that occured two years ago.
I was sitting at a lunch table with a counselor named Melissa. I had come back to Lake Forest Ranch to be the worship leader for the 2004 summer. In 2003, I had come with a friend and played some music during his week of speaking. Melissa had been a counselor the summer before as well. She shared with me that one memory stuck out with her from the summer before. Their was a kid who was being difficult all day long. He was a bit different and because I realized the stresses on the counselors and the massiveness of their responsibilities, I made this kid my friend for the week. I hung out with him when everyone else wanted him to get away.
It was funny that as she reflected on this experience with me, I barely remembered the story, but it did sound vaguely familiar. It was during that conversation that God reminded me of an amazing truth.
God doesn’t forget… Though our sins are in the category of “forgotten” if we are His children, He knows all things. It is amazing to think that we will never have to pay the penalty for our rebellion and treason against God. It is wiped away. To continue this amazing thought, God never forgets the smallest act of kindess that we show.
During my times of darkness, I wallow in the lie that I am of no use to this world and a somewhat fatalistic attitude begins to simmer. But even so, I must be reminded that God remembers me hanging out with that kid that weekend and sharing the love of Christ with him. God remembers the sacrifices I have made in the attempts to follow hard after Him.
It is amazing to think that we will be rewarded for these things in the life to come because it is God who empowers us to do them as well. But remember to never grow weary in doing good for God is watching and His eyes are the only ones that matter.
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