December 22: Isaiah 10:21 A remnant will return. It has been said, and I have come to
experience, that one cannot go home again. Once we have grown up, we cannot go
back to childhood. Returning to a place in our past only shows us that life has
gone on without us. I once heard someone say that we are only remembered as
long as it takes for water to fill the area left after we pull out our arm from
the water. That may be so, but the scripture today reminds us that there is
also a remnant that will return. Our arm was made wet; there may be germs we
left in the water, or flakes of dead skin. Our childhood may be over, but it
continues to influence and shade all of our present moments. God does not
forget deep memories. There are some we might wish to forget, but God will
bring them into the arms of loving healing and bring that which was never
allowed to grow to become the great oaks that will shade the next Abraham as he
greets angels. We can never relive past gatherings and holidays, but we know
that they are and will always be part of our soul’s DNA, and part of God’s
heart.
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