Remembering and Meditating
God gave us a wonderful gift when He made us so that we can remember the things that happen in our lives. Of course, some memories are very good, while others are not so good. However, we can learn from all of them. In fact, we might even be able to learn more from the painful memories than the very joyful ones. We also have memories of things that happened to us which we don't fully comprehend, but we need to meditate on those things, asking God to show us just what we need to see in them. That is what the Bible tells us that Jesus' mother, Mary, did after Jesus's birth and the visit of the shepherds. (Luke 2:18,19) "All who heard the shepherd's story were astonished, but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often." Just try to put yourself in Mary's place. She had just given birth to the Messiah of Israel, and shepherds showed up telling her about the angels appearing to them announcing His birth. I imagine she experienced eve...