Did you write it down?

     If I really want to remember something, I write it down. Duh. Everyone knows that. If I really want to be sure that I don't miss it, I set a reminder with an alarm in my phone. These days, multiple calendars come into effect. We can all get pretty busy. We can wind up with the color coded blocks of life and meetings just to be sure calendars line up.

     Even though we want to remember everything and be where we need to be, we can't. We are not able to do it all and be it all. Am I preaching too much? Well, memory is a critical part of identity and faith. Check out a verse for today:

     I have been the Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior. -Hosea 13:4

     Did you notice anything? If you know your Bible, you might ask, wasn't God their God before Egypt? Did God forget? How could they forget? What about God as Creator?

     It seems that God took the Exodus so seriously that the covenant of God and people was completely renewed and rewritten because of it. Sometimes, what is written down needs to be re-written.

Lord God, write a new line into our lives. Guide us to follow your path and inspired schedule more closely. Enable us to see your bumps and nudges into a better use of time. May all that we do and say bring honor and praise to your great and holy Name. Amen!