"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was."
James 1:22-24
I like this idea that if we aren't acting on our beliefs, we are forgetting who we are. We go to church, we agree with what is said, we feel the Spirit, we know that we should be better, and then we go home, and we "straightway" forget everything we thought and felt, and fall into the same patterns.
Today, let's stop forgetting, but make a specific effort to remember... to read, to pray, to feel again today what we felt previously. Let's do the work to remember God and remember who we have determined to be on our best days. Let's stop decieving ourselves by forgetting the things that we learn. Let's build on them, follow through, and live the way that we believe. Let's put forth the daily effort to stick close to the Spirit and refresh our memories, and not lose who we are when we look away.
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