I will remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands
have done. Psalm 143: 5
Sometimes our minds run back through the years and yearn for that better time and place…the
“good old days.”
But for some, the past harbors only bitter memories. Deep in the night, they ponder their own
failures, disillusionments, and fantasies, and think of the hand life has dealt them.
It is better to remember the past as David did, by contemplating the good that God has done, to
“meditate on all [His] works…and consider what [His] hands have done” (Psalm143: 5). As we
call to mind the lovingkindness of the Lord, we can see His blessings through the years. These
are the memories that foster the highest good. They evoke a deep longing for more of God and
more of His tender care. They transform the past into a place of familiarity and fellowship with
our Lord.
I heard a story about an elderly woman who would sit in silence for hours in her rocking chair,
hands folded in her lap, eyes gazing off into the far distance. One day her daughter asked,
“Mother, what do you think about when you sit there so quietly?” Her mother replied softly with
a twinkle in her eye, “That’s just between Jesus and me.”
I pray that our memories and meditations would draw us in to His Presence.
Culled from: And He Walks with Me. 365 Daily Reminders of Jesus Love from Our Daily Bread
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