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Monday... But being reminded really helps.


Monday... But being reminded really helps.

There are so many things that we have heard in our life that we forget but it is so good to be reminded. It really is.


On the third day after Jesus had been killed on a cross, some women who came to where he was buried on Sunday morning brought some spices with them. They loved him and they wanted to help take care of him even in death. But he wasn't in the tomb. That of course shook them. But there were two men who suddenly appeared to them in dazzling robes. Of course the women were terrified. 

Now these men were angels and it says in Luke 24:5b. (NLT), "Then the men asked, 'Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive?'" The women could have said right back at them, "But he's dead. We saw him killed and we came to take care of his dead body." 

So much of our pain and anxiety in life can come from our not remembering. But being reminded really can help, it really can make a difference.

The angels continued in verses 6-7, "He isn't here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on the third day."

They were reminded and then in verses 8-9 it says, "Then they remembered that he had said this. So they rushed back from the tomb to tell his eleven disciples - and everyone else - what had happened." Now their reminder didn't make a difference to all the others. They had their doubts and had to also be shown that it was true. Think of all the emotional trauma that they could have not gone through if they would have listened to the reminder of the woman and remembered what Jesus had said.

There are so many reminders in the Bible that can make such a difference in our lives, in our pain, in our anxieties, in our discouragement. One of the reasons why I get up early each morning is to give out reminders of what God has shared with us in the Bible.

Here is a good reminder in Psalm 78:7-8, "So each generation should set its hope anew on God, not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands. Then they will not be like their ancestors - stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful, refusing to give their hearts to God." We need that reminder.

Here is another one that I found in Proverbs 18:10 this morning in my reading. Maybe you in whatever you are going through today need to be remind that "The name of the Lord is a strong fortress; the godly run to him and are safe." We need to be reminded of that, don't we?

Yes, being reminded really, really helps. It really can make such a difference. By the way, that is also one of the benefits of a good friend. Proverbs 17:17 (CEV) says, "A friend is there to help in any situation, and relatives are born to share our troubles."   Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

  



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