Don't Forget.

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them"—Ecclesiastes 12:1

There is a joke about a father and son who go to a football game. Once there, the father can’t find the tickets. “Go home,” he tells his son. “I think I left them on the kitchen table.” The son gets in the car and drives home. 35 minutes later he comes back, runs up to his father and says: “You’re absolutely right, they are on the kitchen table!” While we are actively pursuing our goals in life, we as Christians must not forget to keep God at the center of our lives.

The 12th and final chapter of Ecclesiastes is stunning in its language and imagery. It is a brilliantly constructed picture of the end of our productive lives.” “The keepers of the house tremble.” “The grinders cease because they are few.” “…men rise up at the sound of birds, but all their songs go faint” “Then man goes to his eternal home and mourners go about the streets” Inevitably and inexorably one day our time on earth will be over. But today we are here. We’ll eat breakfast and run out of the house. We will eat a snack. We’ll watch TV. We will read a magazine. We will talk to our friends. We will go to work and do our jobs and take care of the children. But will we remember God? Will we involve him in our days activities through prayer, reflection, consideration, obedience and reverence?

My prayer today is that we not forget God by our actions today, tomorrow or for as long as we have the chance.

Deacon Larry Woodard