Source (book): "Growing Old Gracefully", Following Jesus to the End, PART IV: HEALTH AND FRAILTIES, Chapter 29, "Living with the Fear of Losing Our Memory", Question 2, Page 192.
By Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000 - 2012
By Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000 - 2012
PHOTO: Reflect on how the Christian memory and ministry of the church can help individuals who have lost their memory.
We must avoid the two dangers we have noted - spiritual amnesia and sentimental nostalgia for the past. In other words, we must neither ignore nor idolise the past. Spiritual amnesia, or the loss of memory of God's dealings with us, seems to be the greater danger today, and leads to a loss of our identity. No matter how active and vibrant a church is, without an identity rooted in history, it is doomed to ultimate insignificance. At the same time, the church must avoid a sentimental nostalgia which makes her a prisoner of the past. Amnesia and nostalgia must both be replaced with a proper remembering of God and the story of His people. Such a memory-rich church can offer help to Alzheimer's patients.
In cases of significant memory loss in old age, we can rest in the truth that ultimately, who we are has to do with whose we are. The Christian community can help us remember whose we are through its acts of worship and ministry. Even if those suffering from Alzheimer's disease lose their cognitive abilities to understand these things, the story of the church shared and acted out regularly can help sustain them. From time to time, something in the mists of lost memory may be stirred, when a hymn is sung or Bible passage is read.
How are you comforted that God's memory of us will never fade?
Social memories are fragile and can also fade. But God's memory remains forever. God remembers us (see Genesis 8:1; 19:29; 30:22). We read that the righteous "will be remember forever" (Psalm 112:6). The one remembering here is God himself. While we may forget who we are, and others may forget us after a while, God's memory of us remains solid. And it is His memory that we can ultimately trust. Because He will remember us forever, we can also have eternal life. Our future is not dependent on our personal and social memories, but on God's divine memory.
How can we entrust ourselves to Him?
"When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly." (1 Peter 2:23).
“Trust” is a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. Trust in God means recognizing or acknowledging that God is Sovereign and Mighty over His Creation.
But, in these verses the Apostle Peter tells us that when Jesus experienced suffering, He entrusted Himself to God.
“Trust” is something we believe while “entrust” is something we do because we believe. Entrusting is more than just believing, “Entrust” is “trust” in action!
Trusting God requires a change in your thinking while entrusting yourself to God requires a change in your behaviour.
So, “trust” is just the first step in establishing a trust-relationship with God. A young woman may love a young man, but she entrusts herself to his care and protection by marrying him. Trusting God must be followed up by entrusting ourselves to God.
For the Christian, trusting in God should become entrusting yourself to God. When you trust God, then you believe God can and believe God will. But, when you entrust yourself to God, you submit, surrender, yield yourself to God so that what you believe God can and will do, He does through you!
Entrusting yourself to God means you make yourself available to God to work His will through you. That’s what Jesus did.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;" (Proverbs 3:5).
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Reflect on how the Christian memory and ministry of the church can help individuals who have lost their memory. [1]
We must avoid the two dangers we have noted - spiritual amnesia and sentimental nostalgia for the past. In other words, we must neither ignore nor idolise the past. Spiritual amnesia, or the loss of memory of God's dealings with us, seems to be the greater danger today, and leads to a loss of our identity. No matter how active and vibrant a church is, without an identity rooted in history, it is doomed to ultimate insignificance. At the same time, the church must avoid a sentimental nostalgia which makes her a prisoner of the past. Amnesia and nostalgia must both be replaced with a proper remembering of God and the story of His people. Such a memory-rich church can offer help to Alzheimer's patients.
We must avoid the two dangers we have noted - spiritual amnesia and sentimental nostalgia for the past. In other words, we must neither ignore nor idolise the past. Spiritual amnesia, or the loss of memory of God's dealings with us, seems to be the greater danger today, and leads to a loss of our identity. No matter how active and vibrant a church is, without an identity rooted in history, it is doomed to ultimate insignificance. At the same time, the church must avoid a sentimental nostalgia which makes her a prisoner of the past. Amnesia and nostalgia must both be replaced with a proper remembering of God and the story of His people. Such a memory-rich church can offer help to Alzheimer's patients.
In cases of significant memory loss in old age, we can rest in the truth that ultimately, who we are has to do with whose we are. The Christian community can help us remember whose we are through its acts of worship and ministry. Even if those suffering from Alzheimer's disease lose their cognitive abilities to understand these things, the story of the church shared and acted out regularly can help sustain them. From time to time, something in the mists of lost memory may be stirred, when a hymn is sung or Bible passage is read.
How are you comforted that God's memory of us will never fade?
Social memories are fragile and can also fade. But God's memory remains forever. God remembers us (see Genesis 8:1; 19:29; 30:22). We read that the righteous "will be remember forever" (Psalm 112:6). The one remembering here is God himself. While we may forget who we are, and others may forget us after a while, God's memory of us remains solid. And it is His memory that we can ultimately trust. Because He will remember us forever, we can also have eternal life. Our future is not dependent on our personal and social memories, but on God's divine memory.
How can we entrust ourselves to Him?
"When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly." (1 Peter 2:23).
“Trust” is a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. Trust in God means recognizing or acknowledging that God is Sovereign and Mighty over His Creation.
But, in these verses the Apostle Peter tells us that when Jesus experienced suffering, He entrusted Himself to God.
“Trust” is something we believe while “entrust” is something we do because we believe. Entrusting is more than just believing, “Entrust” is “trust” in action!
Trusting God requires a change in your thinking while entrusting yourself to God requires a change in your behaviour.
So, “trust” is just the first step in establishing a trust-relationship with God. A young woman may love a young man, but she entrusts herself to his care and protection by marrying him. Trusting God must be followed up by entrusting ourselves to God.
For the Christian, trusting in God should become entrusting yourself to God. When you trust God, then you believe God can and believe God will. But, when you entrust yourself to God, you submit, surrender, yield yourself to God so that what you believe God can and will do, He does through you!
Entrusting yourself to God means you make yourself available to God to work His will through you. That’s what Jesus did.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;" (Proverbs 3:5).
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Reflect on how the Christian memory and ministry of the church can help individuals who have lost their memory. How are you comforted that God's memory of us will never fade, and how can we entrust ourselves to Him?
Reflect on how the Christian memory and ministry of the church can help individuals who have lost their memory. [1]
We must avoid the two dangers we have noted - spiritual amnesia and sentimental nostalgia for the past. In other words, we must neither ignore nor idolise the past. Spiritual amnesia, or the loss of memory of God's dealings with us, seems to be the greater danger today, and leads to a loss of our identity. No matter how active and vibrant a church is, without an identity rooted in history, it is doomed to ultimate insignificance. At the same time, the church must avoid a sentimental nostalgia which makes her a prisoner of the past. Amnesia and nostalgia must both be replaced with a proper remembering of God and the story of His people. Such a memory-rich church can offer help to Alzheimer's patients.
PHOTO: We must avoid the two dangers we have noted - spiritual amnesia and sentimental nostalgia for the past. In other words, we must neither ignore nor idolise the past. Spiritual amnesia, or the loss of memory of God's dealings with us, seems to be the greater danger today, and leads to a loss of our identity.
Amnesia and nostalgia must both be replaced with a proper remembering of God and the story of His people. Such a memory-rich church can offer help to Alzheimer's patients.
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In cases of significant memory loss in old age, we can rest in the truth that ultimately, who we are has to do with whose we are. The Christian community can help us remember whose we are through its acts of worship and ministry. Even if those suffering from Alzheimer's disease lose their cognitive abilities to understand these things, the story of the church shared and acted out regularly can help sustain them. From time to time, something in the mists of lost memory may be stirred, when a hymn is sung or Bible passage is read.
Amnesia and nostalgia must both be replaced with a proper remembering of God and the story of His people. Such a memory-rich church can offer help to Alzheimer's patients.
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In cases of significant memory loss in old age, we can rest in the truth that ultimately, who we are has to do with whose we are. The Christian community can help us remember whose we are through its acts of worship and ministry. Even if those suffering from Alzheimer's disease lose their cognitive abilities to understand these things, the story of the church shared and acted out regularly can help sustain them. From time to time, something in the mists of lost memory may be stirred, when a hymn is sung or Bible passage is read.
PHOTO: In cases of significant memory loss in old age, we can rest in the truth that ultimately, who we are has to do with whose we are. Even if those suffering from Alzheimer's disease lose their cognitive abilities to understand these things, the story of the church shared and acted out regularly can help sustain them.
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How are you comforted that God's memory of us will never fade? [1]
Social memories are fragile and can also fade. But God's memory remains forever. God remembers us (see Genesis 8:1; 19:29; 30:22). We read that the righteous "will be remember forever" (Psalm 112:6). The one remembering here is God himself. While we may forget who we are, and others may forget us after a while, God's memory of us remains solid. And it is His memory that we can ultimately trust. Because He will remember us forever, we can also have eternal life. Our future is not dependent on our personal and social memories, but on God's divine memory.
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How are you comforted that God's memory of us will never fade? [1]
Social memories are fragile and can also fade. But God's memory remains forever. God remembers us (see Genesis 8:1; 19:29; 30:22). We read that the righteous "will be remember forever" (Psalm 112:6). The one remembering here is God himself. While we may forget who we are, and others may forget us after a while, God's memory of us remains solid. And it is His memory that we can ultimately trust. Because He will remember us forever, we can also have eternal life. Our future is not dependent on our personal and social memories, but on God's divine memory.
PHOTO: How are you comforted that God's memory of us will never fade?
While we may forget who we are, and others may forget us after a while, God's memory of us remains solid. And it is His memory that we can ultimately trust. Because He will remember us forever, we can also have eternal life. Our future is not dependent on our personal and social memories, but on God's divine memory.
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How can we entrust ourselves to Him? [2]
"When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly." (1 Peter 2:23).
“Trust” is a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. Trust in God means recognizing or acknowledging that God is Sovereign and Mighty over His Creation.
But, in these verses the Apostle Peter tells us that when Jesus experienced suffering, He entrusted Himself to God.
PHOTO: “Trust” is a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. Trust in God means recognizing or acknowledging that God is Sovereign and Mighty over His Creation. Apostle Peter tells us that when Jesus experienced suffering, He entrusted Himself to God.
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“Trust” is something we believe while “entrust” is something we do because we believe. Entrusting is more than just believing, “Entrust” is “trust” in action!
Trusting God requires a change in your thinking while entrusting yourself to God requires a change in your behaviour.
So, “trust” is just the first step in establishing a trust-relationship with God. A young woman may love a young man, but she entrusts herself to his care and protection by marrying him. Trusting God must be followed up by entrusting ourselves to God.
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“Trust” is something we believe while “entrust” is something we do because we believe. Entrusting is more than just believing, “Entrust” is “trust” in action!
Trusting God requires a change in your thinking while entrusting yourself to God requires a change in your behaviour.
So, “trust” is just the first step in establishing a trust-relationship with God. A young woman may love a young man, but she entrusts herself to his care and protection by marrying him. Trusting God must be followed up by entrusting ourselves to God.
PHOTO: “Trust” is something we believe while “entrust” is something we do because we believe. Entrusting is more than just believing, “Entrust” is “trust” in action!
Trusting God requires a change in your thinking while entrusting yourself to God requires a change in your behaviour.
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Trusting God requires a change in your thinking while entrusting yourself to God requires a change in your behaviour.
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For the Christian, trusting in God should become entrusting yourself to God. When you trust God, then you believe God can and believe God will. But, when you entrust yourself to God, you submit, surrender, yield yourself to God so that what you believe God can and will do, He does through you!
Entrusting yourself to God means you make yourself available to God to work His will through you. That’s what Jesus did.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;" (Proverbs 3:5).
For the Christian, trusting in God should become entrusting yourself to God. When you trust God, then you believe God can and believe God will. But, when you entrust yourself to God, you submit, surrender, yield yourself to God so that what you believe God can and will do, He does through you!
Entrusting yourself to God means you make yourself available to God to work His will through you. That’s what Jesus did.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;" (Proverbs 3:5).
PHOTO: When we trust God, then we believe God can and believe God will. But, when we entrust ourself to God, we submit, surrender, yield ourself to God so that what we believe God can and will do, He does through us!
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PHOTO: "Dear Lord, we learn that we must two dangers - spiritual amnesia and sentimental nostalgia for the past. Help us neither to ignore nor idolise the past. Spiritual amnesia, or the loss of memory of God's dealings with us, seems to be the greater danger today, and leads to a loss of our identity. No matter how active and vibrant a church is, without an identity rooted in history, it is doomed to ultimate insignificance.
Lord, help us at the same time, to avoid a sentimental nostalgia which makes us a prisoner of the past.
We pray that both our amnesia and nostalgia to be replaced with a proper remembering of God and the story of His people. Such a memory-rich church can offer help to Alzheimer's patients.
We learn that in cases of significant memory loss in old age, we can rest in the truth that ultimately, who we are has to do with whose we are. We pray that our Christian community can help us remember whose we are through its acts of worship and ministry. Even if those suffering from Alzheimer's disease lose their cognitive abilities to understand these things, the story of the church shared and acted out regularly can help sustain them. From time to time, something in the mists of lost memory may be stirred, when a hymn is sung or Bible passage is read.
Lord, our social memories are fragile and can also fade. But God's memory remains forever. God remembers us. We read that the righteous ‘will be remember forever’. We are comforted that God's memory of us will never fade because the one remembering here is God himself.
Thank you lord, while we may forget who we are, and others may forget us after a while, God's memory of us remains solid. And it is His memory that we can ultimately trust. Because He will remember us forever, we can also have eternal life. Our future is not dependent on our personal and social memories, but on God's divine memory.
Help us to entrust ourselves to Him, like when Jesus experienced suffering, He entrusted Himself to God. We learn that trusting God requires a change in our thinking while entrusting ourselves to God requires a change in our behaviour.
Lord, lead us to do the first step in establishing a trust-relationship with God followed up by entrusting ourselves to God successfully. When we trust God, then we believe God can and believe God will. But, when we entrust ourselves to God, we submit, surrender, yield ourselves to God so that what we believe God can and will do, He does through us.
Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen!"
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Reflection - Health and Frailties - Christian memory and the Church
Source (book): "Growing Old Gracefully", Following Jesus to the End, PART IV: HEALTH AND FRAILTIES, Chapter 29, "Living with the Fear of Losing Our Memory", Question 2, Page 192.
By Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000 - 2012
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Reflection - Health and Frailties - Christian memory and the Church
Source (book): "Growing Old Gracefully", Following Jesus to the End, PART IV: HEALTH AND FRAILTIES, Chapter 29, "Living with the Fear of Losing Our Memory", Question 2, Page 192.
By Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000 - 2012
Other Books
Also from the same author, Robert M. Solomon
"Faithful to the end", A Preacher's Exposition of 2 Timothy, @ 2014 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Faithful to the end (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2017/06/reflection-faithful-to-end-links.html
"Finding rest for the soul" Responding to Jesus' Invitation in Matthew 11:28-29, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Finding rest for the soul (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2018/10/reflection-finding-rest-for-soul-links.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART I-III, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-i.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART IV, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-iv.html
"Songs of Christmas", The Stories and Significance of 20 Well-Loved Carols, © 2018 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Songs of Christmas (Links), posted on Friday, 24 April 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/04/reflection-songs-of-christmas-links.html
Reflection - Faithful to the end (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2017/06/reflection-faithful-to-end-links.html
"Finding rest for the soul" Responding to Jesus' Invitation in Matthew 11:28-29, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Finding rest for the soul (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2018/10/reflection-finding-rest-for-soul-links.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART I-III, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-i.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART IV, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-iv.html
"Songs of Christmas", The Stories and Significance of 20 Well-Loved Carols, © 2018 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Songs of Christmas (Links), posted on Friday, 24 April 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/04/reflection-songs-of-christmas-links.html
Reference
[1] From "Growing Old Gracefully", Following Jesus to the End, Copyright © 2019 by Robert M. Solomon, ISBN 978-981-14-1836-5, PART IV: HEALTH AND FRAILTIES, Chapter 29, "Living with the Fear of Losing Our Memory", Page 190-191.
[2] Steve, stevesbiblemeditations.com, In God We Entrust – 1 Peter 2:21-24, posted on 03 May 2014, https://stevesbiblemeditations.com/2014/05/03/in-god-we-entrust-1-peter-221-24/
[2] Steve, stevesbiblemeditations.com, In God We Entrust – 1 Peter 2:21-24, posted on 03 May 2014, https://stevesbiblemeditations.com/2014/05/03/in-god-we-entrust-1-peter-221-24/
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