Remember

In Matthew 16:6-12, Jesus warned his disciples to take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.  He was trying to teach them something Spiritual, but His disciples could only think of the physical...they forgot to bring bread with them.  They were so worried about the fact that they brought no bread, that it caused them to miss what Jesus was teaching them right then and there, and it caused them to forget two previous miracles.  Not only did Jesus have to point out their misunderstanding, but He had to REMIND them of the miracles.  Verses 8-10 says, 'O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?  Do ye yet not understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?  Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?'  Jesus was referring to Matthew 14:13-21 and Matthew 15:29-38.

I wonder if the disciples were embarrassed by their forgetfulness?

If you were to look in the margins of my Bible, you would find dates, names and situations of times past.  I've written them there so that I will never forget when the Lord brought me through heartache, loneliness, fear, anxiety, poor health, and even the times of joy, happiness, protection and answered prayer.  I never want to forget all the things the Lord has done for me and my family.

It's easy to remember blessings of today, and answered prayers from yesterday, but as time goes by we tend to forget all the things God has done for us on a daily basis.

Maybe it's because we aren't looking for the blessings?  Psalm 68:19 says, Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation.  Selah

I realize that we won't be able to remember every single thing that the Lord has done for us, we're human, and even the Bible tells us that the world itself could not contain the books that should be written if everything Jesus has done was written down, (John 21:25) but the point is, everyday we must remind ourselves of Who God is, that God is Good, and never forget His daily blessings.

We have much to be thankful for...

    But that's just me!

"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."  Charles Dickens

"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues."  Cicero