Poor Neville.
My heart would break for the poor guy throughout the entire Harry Potter series. And then you have the seen where his grandmother sends him a remembrall because it lets you know if you are forgetting something. The problem for poor Neville is that he cannot remember what he is supposed to remember!
This was one of the many items to make it into our discussion at Bible study tonight. We are working our way through the book of Amos, each week focusing on a different chapter and looking at literary patterns, symbolism, repetition, that sort of thing.
Today we looked at chapter 4. If you ever want to see God being sarcastic, read this chapter.
God is focusing in on the fact that Israel has forgotton Him. He has done so much for them, He rescued them, provided for them, and gave them an identity, and their failure lies in the fact that they have forgotten. And so God has to remind them that He is the Sovereign Lord, the Lord God Almighty, the One who formed the mountains.
We then spent the last part of the study asking ourselves "so what?"
This is where Neville and his remembrall came into play.
Throughout the early part of the Old Testament, any time God did something for His people they would often set up a marker so that generations down the line would remember what He did.
So how can I apply that now?
Like I said in my last post, the last few weeks have been amazing. I have seen a side of God that I never knew existed and have been left in awe of Him. I don't want to forget this.
Because I know there will be times when I will despair. There will be times when I am lonely. Some times I will feel ugly, unlovable, and undesirable.
And sometimes I will forget.
I will forget that there is One who completes me; that there is One who stirs my soul and reminds me that there is so much more than what I see and know.
And there will be times when life seems to be going so smoothly.
And I will again forget--this is what happened to the Israelites.
So my question is: how do I remember? What will be my remembrall? How can I ensure that I do not forget what God has done for me? How do I remember, in the times where life seems so low or so high, the One in whom my identity rests?
Such is the life of a Christian single.
My heart would break for the poor guy throughout the entire Harry Potter series. And then you have the seen where his grandmother sends him a remembrall because it lets you know if you are forgetting something. The problem for poor Neville is that he cannot remember what he is supposed to remember!
This was one of the many items to make it into our discussion at Bible study tonight. We are working our way through the book of Amos, each week focusing on a different chapter and looking at literary patterns, symbolism, repetition, that sort of thing.
Today we looked at chapter 4. If you ever want to see God being sarcastic, read this chapter.
God is focusing in on the fact that Israel has forgotton Him. He has done so much for them, He rescued them, provided for them, and gave them an identity, and their failure lies in the fact that they have forgotten. And so God has to remind them that He is the Sovereign Lord, the Lord God Almighty, the One who formed the mountains.
We then spent the last part of the study asking ourselves "so what?"
This is where Neville and his remembrall came into play.
Throughout the early part of the Old Testament, any time God did something for His people they would often set up a marker so that generations down the line would remember what He did.
So how can I apply that now?
Like I said in my last post, the last few weeks have been amazing. I have seen a side of God that I never knew existed and have been left in awe of Him. I don't want to forget this.
Because I know there will be times when I will despair. There will be times when I am lonely. Some times I will feel ugly, unlovable, and undesirable.
And sometimes I will forget.
I will forget that there is One who completes me; that there is One who stirs my soul and reminds me that there is so much more than what I see and know.
And there will be times when life seems to be going so smoothly.
And I will again forget--this is what happened to the Israelites.
So my question is: how do I remember? What will be my remembrall? How can I ensure that I do not forget what God has done for me? How do I remember, in the times where life seems so low or so high, the One in whom my identity rests?
Such is the life of a Christian single.
Dear Chronicler,
ReplyDeleteYou may or may have not read my "last post for now" recent post. Would love to stay in touch as a "real person" ;)
Was going to email you but can't find your email address here to do it, can you send me a message at 365christianandsingle@gmail.com so I can tell you my other blog address so we can stay in touch. :)
xMiss365