Catching Up (Ex 13/ 63)

So another trip "up top" ended with a blank.
Much snow.
Some wind.
Some sun.
More snow.
No fish.
I've heard of people who have trekked through the snow and made it seem like fun.
They are mad.
Although....................
At the time it seems outright madness. It's hard. It's tiring. It's very, very wet.
Yet at the end of it all.
All 8 and a bit hours of it all.
There is some sort of pleasure.
The sort of pleasure you get from brushing your teeth with a potato peeler perhaps.
I've never done that so I'm guessing.

The consensus among the 5 pilgrims was that in reflection it wasn't too bad.
I saw one fish and missed the strike. (= bad skills for the unflyfishing folk)
If that one split second reaction resulted in a positive ending this could have finished in a completely different light.
Oh well.
It's nice to be back.

Exodus 13
"Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt"
How could they forget?
(This was to be a ongoing generational thing, dummy Steve)
The final plague of the firstborn's death is the act to be noticed. The same bread eaten on the night of departure, the dedication of all males born first, a sign of remembrance.
God has kept His promise.
He is now asking for the people to remember this.
Because stuff is going to get tough.
When things are tough, we need to remember what God has already done.
It's a proof thing.
His word is true forever.
Where He has carried you through something, He will carry you again.
If you've needed comfort before, He will comfort again.
When He has cared before, He will care for you again.
When He has provided in the past, He will provide again.
Remember what He has already done.
DON'T GO BACK TO THAT WEIRD EGYPT STUFF.
EASY STUFF DOESN'T LAST.
sorry for shouting there.

Multiple times it is encouraged to share with the sons when the questions were asked.
Multiple times = important.
Important for us too.
Remember.
Remember.
I actually can't think the last time I specifically reflected on God picking up the pieces of me.
I know it's happened megatimes, possibly gigatimes.
I guess beyond the remembering is the thanking.
And then the changing?
I don't like changing.
Ouch.
It's gotta happen though.
Doesn't it?

I've missed this.