I hope this 8th day of the New Year finds you all well. Don't be hard on yourself if you have already given up your resolution, that is what is expected right?
I spent the weekend putting away all of the Christmas decorations and felt like I was packing away memories as well.
When I reached for the two velvet reindeer on my mantle I was flooded with memories of my mother and each year that she put these reindeer out in my childhood home, a memory that is 40 plus years old. As a child this indicated Christmas was near!
Memory is our ability to store, retain and recall information and experiences.
Memory makes us. If we couldn't recall the who's, what's, where's, and whens of our everyday lives, we'd never be able to manage. We mull over ideas in the present with our short-term memory, while we store past events and learned meanings in our long-term memory.
I have things that I packed away that I have had for only a couple of years and I couldn't tell you where I got them. I obviously like them but there is no experience attached to them.
Taking ornaments off my tree walks me down memory lane. Cameron's adoption ornament, many special ornaments from my sons naval career and his travels, family ornaments, ornaments that tell off my interests, tastes and styles, ornaments showing my Faith. ( I saved space for a grandma ornament or 2).
It's not how much you learn that matters it is how much you remember. Are you remembering the right things? When you are packing away this years memories are you packing away Jesus? Are you making him part of your short term memory?
Are you remembering the;
Who : Jesus
What: His Birth
Why: He is our savior
Don't forget the celebration for an entire year, when you are putting your boxes in the attic or basement remember;
Not to pack Jesus away.
I have to ad this ironic side note. I wrote this blog only to lose it for some reason when I went to post it. The first one was written with passion and the words flowed. Having to re-write it I could NOT remember all I wrote! Regardless the message is the same!
2 comments:
Yes we do seem to put things in a memory bank too bad all the bad ones still linger there. I often wonder how 9 children can grow up with the same parents and have memories that are so different from each other. Seems like you already have lost your short term. Sorry about that!!
Keep Blogging sandi
I too can tell you the story behind most of my ornaments. I hate it when I can't recall and wished I hit the memory download of my mind. No, Jesus isn't packed away with Christmas, he is here with me and I with him in every day confessions and thankful blessings of a new day.
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