I am so easily forgetful. Let me be more specific: I become forgetful with great ease when
it comes to God. I quickly forget that God’s way is the best way to live when the demands
of daily life overwhelm me as they so often do. My morning prayers quickly evaporate
like mist when I simply listen to the daily news, let alone consider the challenges of my
work, or the pervasive problems South Africa faces as a nation. In so many different
ways, life tries to convince me that my faith does not have a place in real life. That is why
it is my challenge to try and see God daily regardless of all the pain and uncertainties that
my life holds. I desire to experience God in the midst of my own fears and uncertainty, as
God is everywhere, always. He is still God. He hasn't given up on us or retired. God did
not disappear because I suffer from spiritual amnesia. I simply need to exercise the
muscle of my spiritual memory on a daily basis.
How?
Through returning to this core truth over and over again: Christ is with us all our days
until the end of the world (Matt 28:20).