Be Still And Know

James 1:23-24 My ability to forget things constantly amazes me, but it probably shouldn’t. The brain decreases in size in our 30s and 40s and, more rapidly, in our 60s. Norman Wisdom, the much- loved comedian and actor, said: “As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes...and I can’t remember the other two.” In our verses today James points out the absurdity of looking in a mirror and then immediately forgetting what you have seen. At the time, mirrors were made of highly polished metal, placed horizontally on a table for people to examine themselves in. The refection would not have been as clear as that which we see in a modern mirror, but to not remember anything would have been crazy! Forgetting what you look like is relatively unimportant, but remembering what God’s word says is in a different category. This is a matter of spiritual life and death. We can’t run the risk of listening to what God has to say and then totally forgetting it. So how are we going to remember God’s