REFLECTIONS

March 5th, 2023

Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.

Deuteronomy 4:9

So Many Pictures

So many moments in time captured in them that stir memories of people, and places that in some small way became a part of who I have become. Now it’s time to sort through them all in search of those snapshots that when placed side by side will summarize the stories behind the scenes that reveal something of who I am.

So many pictures. The task is to distill them down to a few that tell who the people were, where they lived, and how they shaped a part of who I am and where I live.

Until now I didn’t know how to do that. Or maybe I just didn’t want to take the time or make the mess on the floor it will make. Or maybe I didn’t want to live those memories again because of something there I wanted to forget or of something I long to live over again but can’t. But I know how to do it now. And I must do it or allow death of the memories they portray.

Besides, those snapshots may still hide some clues of who I am and where God is leading me. And they may contain clues that will tell coming generations who they are, the depth of their roots, and the source of the Christian values they live by. Perhaps also, they may discover the reason they think the way they do, and the image of the past they represent. So maybe it’s time to ensure those memories will live on.

So many pictures. So many stories with so many memories.

I wonder where they might lead.

You are the light of the world,

Richard +www.reflectingthesavior.org


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