Many and poetic words have been spoken about remembrance. Time passes and mortals memorialize what has gone before. Standing in twilight hues some pause and call to mind a life or event, but what about remembrance; what about truly taking time out of our day to consider the evidence that the past has displayed for our hearts and minds to digest.
Remembering the past is not something our society in this country desires or even considers relevant anymore. There are many movements a foot to seek and find “a better way” without regard to bygone wisdom; being considered too wrought with imperfection.
“Why should we shackle ourselves to the ideologies of men fallen from grace one and all? Why should we consider the weight of what they said upon our lives when they couldn’t walk the path they had laid out for society themselves?”
Dangerous and rebellious thoughts all, but none the less good questions; questions that need good answers when souls of men return from their sojourn devoid and starving for truth.
It’s not the failings of men or the reoccurring of destruction that needs deep thought. Nor is it the magnitude of a life spent in the pursuit of such thought that we should ingest.
One does not chop down a tree to consume the fruit. One nurtures the tree in order to consume the fruit. The fruit is what we are after. Even undesirable fruits are a source of learning for the orchard keeper. One can predict future outcome by discovering the cause of the defect in the fruit. One can also enjoy stability through the process of gleaning a correct growing procedure.
That is all well and good but what does it have to do with remembrance?
If we disregard what has gone before as useless and meaningless due to the undesired outcome, how can we learn from it? We are doomed to the repeating of mistake and dysfunction.
We assume that because we have, through the passing of time and evolution of technology, somehow become smarter and less prone to making mistakes. The fact is that we have not changed, only the reliance on external device and stimulus has increased making us less prone to think……..at all.
The creator of all wisdom beckons us in scripture to remember, ponder, consider, and pursue truth. Not just righteous outcomes but truth as a whole. Moreover He calls to us to remember who He is and His goodness.
How much do we remember on a daily or even hourly basis? Remembrance will afford us the ability to trust and know that we need not struggle to find our own way. We need not strive to discover a new truth. We need only to call to mind over and over the provision, wisdom, healing, peace, mercy, and loving kindness that He has given moment to moment to be able to grasp the reality of what truth and wisdom are truly for.
They are a torch to light the path we travel and not the roadmap to travel by.
David Mayo
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I think about this very thing quite a bit. I always wonder what it is that keeps people from looking back to learn from those who’ve gone before. To me there is something very freeing about the realization that there is nothing new under the sun. And with so many over the years and generations that have written down things for our benefit, it’s to our own peril and folly that we ignore it.
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