Forgetting

Have you ever found yourself forgotten by a friend? Have you ever found yourself forgetting a friend? It sometimes happens slowly, other times very quickly, that person who was your friend becomes too busy, perhaps it is work or other friends, maybe they have a wife or kids; whatever the reason, you find that in some way you feel as if you have been forgotten, denied. In some manner, it is as if you have been ripped from that person, so that the connection you once possessed is now severed and can only be mended if the friendship becomes reciprocal again. However, until that time though there is an emptiness that fills your life, it can no longer be what it once was, for even if the friendship is later rekindled, there is now a disconnect, a distortion between the two of you.

What if Jonathan had forgotten about David? What if Boaz had forgotten about Ruth? What if Moses had forgotten Israel and not pleaded with God? What if God had forgotten about his people after the exile and never brought about Jesus and the New Covenant?

I was thinking this morning about people saying the greatest sin is pride, I have believed it for a long time... but I have begun to wonder if forgetfulness and its cousin “Apathy” may not be worse. If one is prideful then they have an arrogance about them, they are fighting against or for something; however, if one is apathetic about their friendship, if one forgets about their loved ones, isn’t that more horrendous than pride. I wonder if in our faith it is far worse to be apathetic and forget God than it is to be prideful…

Are there friendships you have forgotten? Are there relationships in which you yourself have been forgotten? Have you forgotten God, somehow left your Christian walk or your search for truth? Have you become apathetic because you were hurt, because there was suffering? Have you forgotten God because sin seemed easy and more desirable, leaving you wondering now where God is? Are you feeling alone in this world, forgotten by all your friends? If you have, know that God knows your pain; millions and billions forget God every day, every second.... God reached out his hand through creation and later through Christ Jesus, yet still with all his attempts at friendship with us, those attempts at a personal relationship are turned down and rejected constantly.

The greatest sin is forgetfulness, it is what apathy is made of and perhaps why scripture tells us to renew our minds (Romans 12:1-2)... but I also think it is maybe the definition of hell everyone is looking for... see for those who choose to forget God with their lives, who rebel against God and everything he represents, in the end it is God who forgets them, whether it be by them being consumed in the river of fire and judgment or if it is by simply taking his breathe/spirit of life outside of that person and than that breath evaporating into the oceans and sky’s of eternity. But the truth is that God does not want to be forgotten, neither does he want to forget his creation.



Have you ever taken the Lords Supper (MK 14:12-26; MT 28:17-30)? If you have then maybe you have seen or heard these words: Remember Me. Maybe those words are truer than we think to faith and our lives, maybe we should hear them more often and remember them....

"When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God." After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, "Take this and divide it among you. For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." - Luke 22:14-19

Who have you forgotten?


~ Daniel

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