i am a marker....i have been ever since i can remember. when i have to remember something that i am afraid my busy mind might forget, i take a pen and write the first letter of the thing i must not forget on top of my hand, sometimes it's a number-for a time or date. it washes away, but for that short amount of time, i remember the thing, each time i look at my hand. it's not a forever reminder, but it works. now, speaking of remembering- when i was younger, i took my lil sis jada on a 3-wheeler ride (yeah, 3 wheels, not 4-back in the day that's how they made 'em). we went down this tiny gravel road out in rural raleigh that led up to a tiny church. there was a really sharp curve in the lane, i completely did not make the turn and it probably seemed to her that i just decided to keep going straight-that's how much i missed it. we went off the road and straight into a mess of wild rose bushes. no one was hurt, other than my pride-being that i was an excellent driver-in my own mind-and i had many thin lines of blood from where the thorns had caught my legs. i didn't think much of it, until later that summer when i got a tan. to this day, if you look hard enough you can still see the faint thin lines on my lower legs. i didn't mean for this to happen, but i have a permanent reminder of that ride. these things came to mind as i read my devotion the other day,-"see, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands" (Isaiah 49:16) we all have things that help or cause us to be mindful of things in life, occasions, people. it's NOT that God needs a reminder to think of me, or you...He created us. He knows how many hairs are on our head (or how many some pple have lost,lol). No matter where you are in your walk with the Lord, He will never forget you, never stop loving you, no matter what you have done, no matter what your lifestyle, His love is greater, and the forgiveness that is found in Jesus is more than enough to cover those sins-when we repent of them. God loves His creation, He does not love sin, as a matter of fact, God hates sin. like i said, there is forgiveness to be found in Jesus. He died on the cross to save us from our sins, every sin of every person. Jesus has the permanent mark of nail scarred hands to remind us of His love. Thank you Jesus.
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