This is a forgetting world

How easy it is to forget one another,
To move on from the lessons of the past,
And make the same mistakes again

Yet, we’ll forget not all his benefits.
We are called to remember,
To continue telling of God’s love.
And give the gift of story,
A part to play in future’s history.

Remember, old habits die hard.
So let our inclinations be good,
And help our memories remain.
In your timeless name,
We pray.

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The phrase ‘This is a forgetting world’ is taken from the writings of Robert Murray McCheyne, a minister in the Church of Scotland from 1835 to 1843. When I first read the phrase, the words struck a chord with me, and so I wrote them down to return to later when I wrote the prayer above.

I’ve written a YouVersion Bible plan about The Importance of Remembering. It might be useful if you’d like to explore these ideas further.

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