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“Memories choose us”

Have you ever read a phrase or heard a phrase and it just grabs ahold of you? In his book “Adorning the Dark,” author Andrew Peterson blew my mind with this simple three word phrase. “Memories choose us,” that phrase is found on page 118 near the bottom of the page. Thanks to Mr. Peterson that thought has found a way into my brain and has nestled in, to the point I had to put down some thoughts.

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I actually had to set “Adorning the Dark” down and just chew on this. Sitting still for a while as I pensively soaked in the words on the page I was struck by just how much memories do choose us. Good, bad, and some tucked away in the recesses of my mind, yet they have and still do choose me.

I do not think I am over thinking this. I have had some memories that keep resurfacing in my mind not once or twice, but it is almost like my brain rewinds to those. Again, some are good, some are bad and some mostly forgotten until the emerge from the depths of the hidden.

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The question is why do some memories choose us and others do not? After all events in our lives shape us into who we are and /or who we will become. Yet I wonder why if good, bad and ugly events in our lives shape us, why do we not remember all of these events? I suppose that is where the “Memories choose us,” phrase comes into play.

I praise God for the memories he has allowed me to continue to go back to. Some are joy filled, some are funny, some are dumb, some are bad, some are ugly while others are dark and a place I wish my memory would let go of. That however is not for me to decide, memories choose us remember?

So how about it? Do you have memories that you go back to often or even from time to time? Drop a comment and share.

 

 

 

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Mother’s Day 2020

Embed from Getty Images It is here, the day we pay homage to mom’s. My wife, sister-in- law, mother-in-law and my own mother are all a gift from God. I see them helping and teaching their children and it is a sight to behold. To mother’s everywhere take a bow and take a seat for a job well done.

Memories are a great thing to have. Treasured memories are a gift from God. Mother’s Day 2020 has a different feel to, there is no way around that. COVID-19 and social distancing have interfered with the Day to honor mom.

Yet, this Mother’s Day will create it’s own kind of memory. It will be difficult to forget. But even in this interesting time we need to reach out to our mother’s. Or God forbid go to the cemetery and tell your mom you love and miss her.

What I will take away from this years Mother’s Day is that my mom has trained me for what we are going through, and she probably does not realize or think so. My mom is a worrier. Yet growing up, when faced with adverse situations my mom put on a brave face. She would give sound advice. It could have come from my dad or the news. But to me it was coming from my mom.

My mom modeled how to be strong in trying times. Even if it was a facade, it was how I should and most likely would eventually react to adversity. That is the right thing to do.

Even if you are falling apart inside, show your children to be strong and courageous, that there is nothing to fear even when everything inside you is full of fear. That is my mom. That is what she has taught me.

Watching and listening to my mom over the years and now reading my bible have made me fearless. But it all started years ago with a mom who worries put on a brave face and directed me to not be like her. That is a mother’s love.

So what has your mom taught you?