However, be on your guard and be very careful not to forget the things your own eyes have seen, nor let them slip from your heart as long as you live, but make them known to your children and to your children’s children. (Deuteronomy 4:9 NABRE)
These are words Moses spoke to the Israelites who were about to enter the promised land after so much wandering and challenge since leaving Egypt. Moses reminds them to remember what they saw and experienced at the foot of Mount Horeb where the Lord displayed his power in fire, dark clouds, and his voice which the people themselves heard though they could not see a form of God, only a voice. His reminder was intended to encourage the people to remain faithful to their covenant with God.
While somewhat less dramatic, the Lord speaks into each of our lives, privately, in many ways. There's a great little book called Nine Ways God Always Speaks which does a nice job, not of selling God or religion, but of sharing stories of ordinary people who "listen" to many ordinary and often small moments in a way that inclines their heart to the possibility that God does interact with us even today.
Today, I will recognize and remember the many ways that the Lord has touched my life.
Saint Agnes of Bohemia, whose route to holiness was the same as ours: a gradual exchange of our standards (inclination to selfishness) for God’s standard of generosity, pray for us.
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