The Lord, it seems, is a meticulous record keeper.
Over and over in the Scriptures He compels, and at times commands, His people to record His righteous deeds…His miraculous works…His persistent kindness. The whole Bible, in fact, is an encyclopedia set of His love.
This can’t be based on ego. God doesn’t need human praise to prop Himself up. Nor can it be bravado. Who could the keeper of the stars possibly be trying to impress? The records aren’t for Him. They’re for us.
For though we’ve never breathed a single breath He didn’t give us, never lived a single day He did not grant us, though we’ve never known another love like His love and never experienced grace more costly than the kind Jesus died to offer, we forget. Over and over, we forget.
We forget that everything was made by Him and for Him (Colossians 1:16), even us and all who we hold dear.
We forget that He has loved us since before He poured the foundation of the earth (Ephesians 1:4), so it cannot be based on how we perform (or don’t perform).
We forget that all of creation is telling the story of His power and love (Romans 1:20).
We forget that the earth is His footstool (Isaiah 66:1) and the nations are under His control (Psalm 22:28).
We forget that His love is the forever kind (Jeremiah 31:3) and that nothing and nobody can snatch us from His hands (John 10:28).
We forget that grace compelled Him to go to the cross where Jesus willingly laid down His life for sinners (Romans 5:8).
Our forgetting takes us down all manner of unnecessary rabbit holes: We fret, we fear, we fall short. The Lord knew we would, so He’s given us the records of His love. In Psalm 107, the psalmist recorded a history of humankind; there was wandering and darkness, struggles, and storms. Alongside these, the writer recounts the deeds of the Lord.
“He led them by the right path” (Psalm 107:7).
“He has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things” (v.9).
“He saved them from their distress” (v.19).
“He stilled the storm to a whisper” (v.29).
Spiritual amnesia is a byproduct of the fall. But the Lord is gracious with our short-circuits. This is one of the great gifts of the psalms. They are an invitation to remember who God is and to let that remembering reform us into worshipers again and again.
This is why the psalmist wrote, “Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things and consider the LORD’s acts of faithful love” (v.43).
God doesn’t have to work to remember anything. He knows who He is and what He’s done. He knows just how unlike Him we are in this way. He’s left a paper trail for us to guide the way back to Him.
Take a page from this psalmist’s playbook. Pay attention to all the Lord has done. Consider His acts of faithful love, including the words He inspired in Scripture so that you can remember what kind of God you serve.
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Catching up on responses today, so good to review what I read, what I listened to multiple times, so grateful the psalmist put to word true emotions and taking us back to the One who has done great things for us. Oh, to remember His loving kindness is everlasting
I saw a connection to Exodus in the Scriptures.
Lord, help me not to forget all of your wonderful works in my life.
Great devotional from Erin today and love her reference to the paper trail. It is so easy to forget and get caught up in what we tkink we are missing or what we perceive as unanswered prayer but that is just not the case. It often seems that our longings and requests overshadow us remembering the endless ways He has already moved and worked. But,as is recounted in Psalm 106 just look at the amazing wondrous things the Lord has done; how he provided, prepared, saved and satisfied. It is good for us to consider the great love of the Lord (107:43).
Thank you Lord. Remind my heart often to have a posture of praise and remember your faithfulness and great love.❤️
This was a great reading today!! I am in a busy season right now. I have been feeling overwhelmed with all the business of life. I pray I can just rest in the Lord‘s goodness. Not trying to strive, but just rest.
Erin Davis woke me up this morning with her words! A slap upside the head! Snap out of that “spiritual amnesia” she calls it. When I get too tired & tangled & twisted up in my own frets & fears & forgetfulness. Lord, may I pinch myself & remember, remember, remember…Your faithful love endures forever.
To me. For me. With me.
I can never praise You enough. To the high heaven & beyond.
YES, Amen Gwineth!!
Thank you, Lord for the “paper trail” and thank you, Erin, for your thoughts and reflections. ❤️
When reading through Psalm 107, I felt like the Lord retold glimpses of my story, with different seasons, that my mind tried to forget.
From the season of wandering in great lack in college years and graduating moving to a new city,
“They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way;
They found no city to dwell in.
Hungry and thirsty,
Their soul fainted in them”
To this, “For he satisfieth the longing soul, And filleth the hungry soul with goodness”
And from this, in seasons battling darkness of depression and trauma, “Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Being bound in affliction and iron”
To this, “He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bands in sunder” with joy, hope, laughter, sunshine and peace.
Indeed, God is mighty to deliver. Even when we forget, we find ourselves in the rabbit holes of fear and confusion, sometimes for me fear comes in new packages and new disguises, and again I would wonder, “did GOD really say…?”. Indeed, He rescued us times and times again, “Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!” Psalm 107:21. Praise the LORD.
@GRAMSIESUE: praying for Steve’s steady recovery after the surgery.
@SHARON JG: for Emily and baby as due date approaching. May she have a good home birth as her heart desires.
@RHONDA : for Stacey in such season of new life (quite similar to Psalm 107 stages) that she comes out of struggles with praises. (it hurt my heart when you shared the extra details), BUT GOD as Tina always says.
@SAMANTHA THOMPSON: for your husband’s job promotion and guidance for your big decision.
@SEARCHING:❤️❤️❤️ thank you for the prayers and love.
I am having a team lunch today at work and it is incredibly warm today with beautiful sunshine since 8am (RARE). GOD is so good. My small tomato seedlings are sprouting healthily thanks to the sunshine that GOD provides despite the heavy snow and gloomy days last week. I am growing cherry tomatoes this year. All sprouts and grows second set of leaves :) Thank you LORD for the provision of sunshine and warmth. Our GOD is amazing.
Be blessed dear sisters.
Thank you Mercy..I thought the same thing as I was reading your comment..thinking of Stacey, as I am with her again today, step by step. Getting in the house, now a meeting, a meeting later, driving her back…all she has the few things I brought and bought for her a couple days ago. BUT, she has amazed me..praising God every second, singing, thanking, gratitude, repeating scripture!! Her amazing trust and faith is so good to see!! U honestly am privileged to see it, and see all the things that she has to go through…no wonder they all fail. It is indeed set up that they will most likely fail that first few days without someone to help them, the hands and feet of Jesus. Even though it seems to us that it was a failure when she stray, started using, got arrested again, I am constantly reminded He used it to lift her up and come back stronger than ever, on His path again!! We were praising Him to Same God, (same as when she got released 2 years (or was it 3) in my car driving with her hands up, smiling..Joy overflowing!! I took, failed over and over then, and even now, But God never refuses a repentive heart. Turned and set straight again!! Thank y’all for always lifting up our Butterflies. Continue please! (Tosha especially! our class got cxd yesterday after going there.)
Oh..God has opened up the flood gates if donations to help, socI praise him for that too! A praise– I was hesitant of putting everything on our card because it was adding up, and I prayed my husband would be okay, and that God would bless him back financially somehow. So how surprised was I when a volunteer not just sent money to me (which I thought must be a mistake in its large number!) and said that she wanted to pay Back us first for our obedience, and then that others could continue to bless Stacey! God answered so kindly! Trust obey, obey and trust.♥️
O,I so know that feeling when helping the young gals I work with and the Body of Christ steps up to meet needs.
We cannot help EVERY one but we can be available to help THIS one
YES AMEN!
And our PRAYERS our huge!
Wow thank you for sharing. You are amazing heroes❤️❤️❤️
Oh how forgetful I am of all that God has done. I remember reading that have daily gratitude helps rewire our brain so we don’t focus on the negative that is so easily our first thought. I so often let me brain go wild with thoughts about things that have not happen and expect the worst. I need to remember who God is instead of
“Our forgetting takes us down all manner of unnecessary rabbit holes: We fret, we fear, we fall short.”
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So many good reminders that the Psalmist and Erin has left us with.
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Lord God, let me not forget your faithfulness, all your good and kind acts and your unfailing love that endures forever. Let me be wise to heed all these things.
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To God be the glory – great things He has done!
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Blessings sweet she’s, praying for all your requests. ❤️
O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm 107:1
Amen! ❤️
A phrase that I have had on repeat for the last year is “cultivate remembrance.” There have been so many passages and moments, like today’s reading and devotional, that continue to point me to that short phrase – a reminder that remembering God’s works is a necessary and important endeavour, but it requires the work. If the farmer wants crops to grow well, then he must cultivate the fields to prepare for the seeds and then he must continue to cultivate by tending the plants. The same is true of our attempts to remember God’s works in our hearts. First, we must prepare our hearts and minds through prayer – and then we must tend to the seeds of remembrance through our Bible reading, our reflection, our daily journaling, etc.
As humans in a fallen world, we will never “just remember.” It requires action – intentional, repetitive action – to stay rooted in what the Lord has done for us (both His people now, and His people throughout history). Praise God that we have the His Word to guide us in this!
Thanks for sharing these thoughts, Kira! Really good! ❤
Amen, love this!! Cultivate! I might Have to use that for the next study! I have a book that’s older about “stones of remembrance!) But yes, we have to make stones, or journal, telling our miracles through thick and thin, valleys and mountain tops and the mundane!! For they are everywhere!! But do we pay attention?! As I wait, with my miracle ..I grab my phone and could have easily went to social media to scroll, but I came here and got edified with your comments, and to bring me back to the morning study and reflection!
This week has been Spring Break for my kids and I and my husband took time off too. I am thankful for the rest the Lord has provided and the time we’ve spent together just hanging out. Many days, I feel like I am living in the chapters of Psalms crying out to the Lord for help. This week has been the praise chapters.
‘Spiritual amnesia’ – I appreciate that combination of words. I did not realize something in my spirit has been a bit off until I read that part of today’s devotion. Being able to name/ identify an emotion helps me move through. I wasn’t sure what I was experiencing but now I have more clarity. I love this .
God does give us a “a paper trail!” I love that phrase!
Ps 107:1. “Oh, give thanks to the Lord for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever!”
Loved all of your insights! Praying for all!
Reminding myself of all the ways He has rescued me!
Psalm 106
48 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Hallelujah!
Psalm 107
43: Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things
and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love.
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ERIN, thank you for this beautufully written devo! I was in a ‘rabbit hole’ just yesterday! Erin’s words challenged me this morning especially this statement:
“Our forgetting takes us down all manner of unnecessary rabbit holes: We fret, we fear, we fall short.”
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My challenge: state the opposite.
Instead of this……Do this
Forget————– Remember
Fret ————— Recover
Fear—————–Rejoice
Fall short ——— Rise again/above
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That’s my takeaway today! ✨✨✨
Love, hugs, and prayers! ❤
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SONG SHARE:
FEAR IS A LIAR by Zach Williams
When he told you you’re not good enough
When he told you you’re not right
When he told you you’re not strong enough
To put up a good fight
When he told you you’re not worthy
When he told you you’re not loved
When he told you you’re not beautiful
You’ll never be enough
Fear, he is a liar
He will take your breath
Stop you in your steps
Fear, he is a liar
He will rob your rest
Steal your happiness
Cast your fear in the fire
‘Cause fear, he is a liar
Yes!! I LOVED today’s devotional!! Perfect song!
All of the feasts of the Lord in the Hebrew Scriptures were about remembrance.G-d gave the Jews Passover to remember :Once we were slaves but now we are free.” Christians have the communion cup.
The feast of Tabernacles was to remember they once sojurned in the desert in tents when they left Egypt. They survived by man; divine provision. We are wandering in a tent of flesh. We survive by divine provision and his blessings.
G-d gave us Torah on Mt Sinai. G-d gave us Jesus ; Torah made flesh.
Yes, Spot on! The old and new, both equally important. Fulfillment. Past and present. We can’t forget history it calibrates our future. Our past matters to appreciate today. Tradition adds value and rememberance.
I appreciate the words of Erin Davis…he left a paper trail for US. Beautiful commentary.
We will remember!
For those who are ministered to by music, the song We Will Remember by Tommy Walker is so appropriate for today’s devotional.
Today’s devo is a new perspective for me. It’s motivated me to write my own “Psalms chapter” that lists all God has done for me during my lifetime. I keep a “Grateful and Blessed” journal, but I typically just record things and rarely read through it for remembrance purposes.
Yes, this is my passion to tell my groups that our story matters, to write it down, and keep recounting how God has been there! My Story, His Glory! And you will bless a loved one when they read it when you are gone!!
Amen! Totally convicted of being like Israelites time and time again. Thank you, Lord, for your mercy and grace. For your Holy Spirit who exposes, reveals truth, convicts, and comforts!
Currently praying and fasting over a job promotion opportunity for my husband and my purchase of my multigenerational family funeral home…lots of ways to get distracted by what I want. But I cannot forget what God has done for us and the life He has graciously given our family. Letting these doors be opened by His will and not my own….although it would be great if all of this happened! Lol
Father God, give my sister Samantha the godly wisdom she needs to make the right decisions. Speak to her in the night watches, Holy Spirit and guide her every decision by Godly wisdom We remember that we can only see to the corner, but you Lord can see around the corner. In the name of Jesus,Amen.
Praying
Thank You that You are a Good Father! Amen
Lord, help us to remember Your goodness and faithfulness. I know I’m living in answered prayers and yet, I still desire more. Remind me of what You have blessed me with and help me to be grateful. I know I cannot do this life without You, O God. Be with my brothers and sisters in Christ. In Jesus name, Amen!
I love your phrase I am living in answered prayers.
Yes,…I am living in answered prayers!! Amen! That must be written in my Bible!
I counted 8 times in the two chapters where Israel rejected righteousness. And EVERY time they cried out, God responded with a major rescue. I was sitting here thinking about how thick headed Israel was and then begun counting my unrighteousness. You know what? WAY MORE than 8!! The same is true for me. Every time I’ve humbled myself and reached for my savior, He has reached down into the pit for a major rescue. These two chapters are a reminder of His faithful, relentless love and grace for me. He doesn’t walk away after 8, 80, of 8,000 times. He’s our faithful father who loves us fiercely! Unbelievably humbled ❤️
Yes! Thank you Jesus! ❤️
Amen, grateful for a God who knows us so well and gives us what we need. He is so good ❤️
Amen!
I’m behind on my readings …
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AMANDA HESTERBERG praying for your dog’s healing
MARINA S praying for the right job for your husband, and that the choice would be clear
RHONDA J – for housing and employment for Stacey, and provision for her needs in the meantime
LYNNE FROM ALABAMA love those verses! Ps 94:16-19
MARIA B praying
MERCY ❤️ Ps 103 “mental toolbox” “I was praying for the Spirit of Joy and the Spirit of a sound mind be poured out over young people struggling with mental challenges in our days.” Amen. “Discipline and small consistent efforts” Exactly!
INDIANA ELAINE ❤️ “every day to go a bit further” amen and same here.
CEE GEE ❤️ great song and verses ❤️
TAMI ❤️ thank you for your faithfulness and diligence with the prodigal list
GRAMSIESUE ❤️ continuing to pray for you and Steve in the next steps, and so thankful for the great news after surgery. And your heart is surely blessed by all the prayers and praises from our sisters here when you shared the news yesterday – something to save and revisit, no doubt.
MELISSA LANCE – praying for wisdom and guidance!
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Thank you!!! Provision has been AMAZING! Thank you Jesus..and she got in the House last night…taking her today to move in!
Amen! Such a beautiful and powerful reminder
Amen❤️❤️❤️
Good writing today in this devo, and all your thoughts here in SRT today ladies :) Lots of good things to mull over as I go about the day. Holding up the prayer requests, spoken & unspoken for every one here and thank you for the times you all did the same for me.
Good writing today in this devo, and all your thoughts here in SRT today ladies :) Lots of good things to mull over as I go about the day. Holding up the prayer requests, spoken & unspoken for every one here and thank you for the times you all did the same for me.
Amen!
God, thank you for your paper trail. May I always be led to read the paper trail you have left me to lead, guide and help me as I live each day.
Father, I want to be a wise woman. Help me to reflect and remember your goodness. I’m often tempted to have spiritual amnesia. I don’t want that. I want to be full of praise and I know that comes from having intentional praise sessions and commanding my spirit to bless the Lord.
Praising you. Blessing your name. Thinking about your goodness. Meditating on your character keeps me safe.
“Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he brought them out of their distress….
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.”
Thank you Lord for being “gracious with our short-circuits.” When life gets hard, please help me to remember all you have done, so I can trust your plan, rest in your love, and praise you in the storm.
Requesting prayers again for my mom. She is back in the hospital. What we feared was pneumonia they believe is a COPD flare up, which I think is less bad. Please pray for healing as well as peace for Mom because it is a different hospital than last time so it will probably be even more confusing for her. As of now, she is stable enough that we feel a trip up is not warranted right now; praying that things continue to improve. Thanks all ❤️
Praying for your mom, Cat-Tee, for proper diagnosis and treatment and that she would be at peace in this new location. And praying for you and your sister – the stress of the uncertainty and decision making is difficult.
Agreeing! Amen! ❤
Praying for your mama and family!
Praying, for your mom for healing and for a peaceful mind.
praying, my dad is in the same boat with bad COPD, pneumonia often, and struggles.
Amen❤️
Amen
Amen!
May we indeed “remember what kind of God you serve.”
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Ps. 106:8
“Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his power known.
10 He saved them from the power of the adversary;
he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
43 He rescued them many times
44 When he heard their cry,
he took note of their distress,
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Ps. 107:9 For he has satisfied the thirsty
and filled the hungry with good things
14 He brought them out of darkness and gloom
and broke their chains apart.
20 He sent his word and healed them;
he rescued them from their traps.
40 he pours contempt on nobles
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. 41 But he lifts the needy out of their suffering”
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Ps 107:43 “Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things
and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love.”
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Thank You, Lord for hearing our cries and lifting us out of our distress.
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Good morning SHE’s. Blessed day to you all! My husband and I are trying to discern a move to be closer to my elderly parents who currently live about 100 miles away. Please keep in prayer for us as we begin work with a real estate agent
Lord please help Melissa to find a home near her parents in their old age!
Praying!
❤ Praying, Melissa, for all to fall into place under God’s direction!
Praying
How easy it is to forget! To push back the memories of what God has done for us when life is giving us sweet lemonade, and all is well,!
How sad it is that the goodness, the kindness, the provision, the protection, the love of God, is not remembered when covered and under what we believe is the best of life..
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BUT GOD..
The funniest thing, maybe it’s not that funny, I guess, is that that same ‘stuff’ that holds us back from remembering is actually the provision of God!
Our happy inward feeling.. a goodness of God.
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The food on the table.. a goodness of God.
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The roof over our heads.. a provision of God.
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The accident that could have been worse.. a goodness, a protection of God.
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The relief from pain, the ability to move around.. the grace of God.
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The beauty around, as I look out into the garden, a goodness of God.
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The gift of good friends and family.. an absolute provision of God.
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What I’m trying to say is, the one that gives is same one we forget to thank!!
What a disaster!
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Thank God for the goodness of His Word, and the Psalms that are reminders for us to remember, and REMEMBER WELL, what He has done, given, and continues to do and give.
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Giving thanks, praise and Glory to God , I don’t believe costs anything, but the rewards, oh the rewards, are priceless..and just think, What a wonderful world, this would/could be(stolen from Louis Armstrong), but seriously though..
If only we could remember daily, give absolute thanks daily, Praise with all we have, daily.. I wonder….?
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Praising the LORD!
Giving thanks to the LORD, because He is GOOD;
His love for each and everyone of us is eternal.
I can tell of the great things He has done.
And I will praise Him forever!
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AMEN.
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Happy Thursday you beauties! Much, much, much love and thanks for the gift of you all.❤️❤️❤️❤️
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O so true, Tina! Thank you.❤️
Adding SRT to your list of God’s wonderful blessings – for the direction they offer us to be women in the His word daily, and for the faithful community we find here!!
Amen and thank You, Father!
Yes and amen!
Yes and amen!
“If only we could remember daily…” Amen
I need to remember moment by moment and I need the Holy Spirit to prompt me when I don’t! I needed that just yesterday and I am sure I will need that today.
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Thank you, Tina, for sharing that we often don’t remember the One Who provides, but rather waltz along with the blessings as though we deserve them. That’s how your comment and Erin’s devo spoke to me anyway. ❤
yes agree, “walking along like we deserve them!”
In fact –we are OWED nothing! than you Lord for your Mercy and Grace!! For a wretched sinner like me! I was once lost, but now I am found…
Yes Tina! Amen! The Goodness of God!
“Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love”.
Father, help us to be wise women in Your word everyday and thank You for that ‘paper trail’ that so gloriously reminds us of Your mercy and grace on our behalf! Let all the redeemed of the Lord say so and give thanks. Amen.
Amen, Sally!❤️
Amen and amen
Amen! ❤
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