A few weeks ago I wrote about the value of journaling. Although I can’t say enough great things about it, it seemed that it didn’t exactly resonate a ton with people.

And, I get it. Some ideas fall into that category of, “eh, I’m sure that’s nice, but I’m just not that interested in it.”

And that’s cool. There are some good habits that people have that I will probably never implement in my life, either.

Nevertheless, I feel compelled to revisit it for a moment here. Maybe it’s because it’s on my mind personally, but maybe also because it’s the theme of the upcoming sermon series at my church.

We are very forgetful creatures – especially when it comes to blessings and good things in our lives. For some reason, we can hold on to the bad things that happen or the mean things that people do to us much more easily than the good.

This is not good.

So, throughout Scripture, God implores His people to remember.

Write it down. Inscribe it on your walls. Erect an altar or pillar or monument. Create something that will cause your mind to remember – and also serve as a trigger to tell the younger generations about God’s faithfulness.

We will all go through seasons of great faith and seasons where it is a real struggle. If we have created a record of God’s faithfulness in the season of great faith, then when the hard seasons come, we will be able to draw from the abundance of the past.

It’s like digging a deep well in the rainy season (when you don’t need it), so that you can have the refreshing waters in the dry season.

It can save your life.

So, here’s the challenge: even if you don’t do any regular journaling, AT LEAST designate a small notebook to write down the truly powerful and inspiring things when they occur.

How your bill miraculously got paid…

How you prayed over a relationship and it was healed…

How God blessed you in a shocking way…

Or answered a prayer in an unexpected way…

Whenever God moves in your life in an unquestionable way, WRITE IT DOWN!

As soon as you can!

Because there’s a good chance that you’ll forget it.

You’ll be back in that mopey place saying “Why doesn’t God love me? Why is this happening? Why? Why? Why?”

We all go there sometimes.

But, man, what a great way to snap out of that funk! Read your own testimony of God’s faithfulness!

Remember!

I actually do wish I’d started this much earlier in life.

I’m glad I’m doing it now, at least.