MEMORIES…

MEMORIES…
Thou shall remember…
And the Lord remembered…
Forget not…
You must have come across verses in the Bible like these.
Why should we remember and not forget…
Memories… Your memory connects the present to the past and helps you shape the future. If you cannot recall the past, you have sincerely denied yourself the ability to create a future.
Our memories are full of bad and good, sweet and bitter, and beautiful and ugly. The secret of a happy life is to recall the lovely memories and vice versa.

Psalms 103:1-2 ...Bless the Lord oh my soul and forget not all His benefits…
The year is running fast to a close, we can begin to count the few weeks remaining, and what a season to start remembering what God has done and what He has not done.

If you preoccupied your mind with what God has not done, you may likely be a sad person by now and that will not be good for you. Your little heart may be broken if you are comparing yourself with others.
But if you leave those things that He has not done (He knows why) behind and pick one by one those things he has done, you will definitely be a happy person.
Do you know that your personality is connected to your memories? People use your behavior to label you. If they say you are a happy man it is because they see you happy. If they say you are a sad person it is because they see you always wearing a sad face and gloom, therefore be intentional and selective in what you want to remember and what you don’t want to remember so that you do not need to be called Mr. SAD or Madam SAD.
Another side of the memory coin is to remember the good sides of others. Humanly speaking we are quick to remember the pains of relationships and forget the sweet part. As a married man or woman do not only center your thoughts on the shortcomings of your spouse it will do you good to remember the good parts too. What you magnify in your relationship is what will control your emotions and attitude towards that relationship, it is also good to remember the sweet part of the relationship we have with others.
Do not preoccupy yourself with those that hurt you this year why not shift to those who bless you? You will discover that the good relationships outnumbered the bad ones. It’s only one person that broke your heart, what of many others who rose to mend that same heart? Leave the heart-breakers, remember the heart-menders.
The year has just 50 days to roll over why not spend those days in good memories and end the year as a happy person? God bless you.