To See God in Memories

Edit # four million and five is done! I sent it to two of my readers, and should be able to just relax tomorrow! No more editing till I get their feedback! Yippee!I woke up at 5 a.m. yesterday morning and got right to work. I finished at 6 p.m. in the evening. Thirteen hours of writing with almost no breaks. Whew.

I received many encouraging notes from friends after my post yesterday about the struggles of editing books. All were encouraging and all helped me through what has not been an easy past month. But one friend, Carol, said, "God is always in memories....we just don't always see why."

I thought about that statement. Carol knows the subject of my book, and it is in part about memories, though I would not have thought to characterize it that way. But it does explore a past that few know, or have ever even considered. For whatever reason, I was made privy to those memories. If my friend Carol is right, God is in those memories....

I have so many memories, some wonderful, some agonizing. I have sometimes thought that Alzheimers would be a blessing, that it would wipe away the memories that I can not bear. But I think maybe my friend Carol is correct. God is in all memories...always...and we may not understand the purpose, but that doesn't mean the purpose does not exist. To wish them away would be sacrilege. Better to embrace them, to try to learn from them, and to see God in places one might never expect to find Him, His solace in places that one thought was only filled with pain, or perhaps worse, indifference.

But for today, no editing.

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My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer. I will perpetuate your memory through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you for ever and ever. (Psalm 45:1, 17 NIV)







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