Memories
have the capacity for being a blessing that provides contentment and joy. However,
memories can be obstructions to our feelings of well-being and may contribute to
a life-style of underachievement. We consistently come to crossroads where our
choices remain permanently marked in our memories.
The Old Testament patriarch Jacob had left
home as a young man under duress after he and his mother had conspired against
his brother Esau to steal their father's blessing. While sleeping on a lonely dark
road, he had dreamed about a ladder extending from earth up to heaven. There God
had spoken to him and made a covenant to give him and his descendants the land
where he was sleeping.
The memory
of deceitfully conspiring against his brother would continually haunt him, but
now he had the memory of that dream and a commitment to honor God with his life.
As sinful as Jacob and his mother had been, God favored him. God sees beyond
the moment to a future time when a person will change, mature, and live up to his
or her potential. Jesus saw this in the apostle Paul.
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