Recall what God remembers - Chambers, Oswald

January 21

I remember . . . The kindness of thy youth. Jeremiah 2:2

Am i as spontaneously kind to god as i used to be, or am i only expecting god to be kind to me? Am i full of the little things that cheer his heart over me, or am i whimpering because things are going hardly with me? There is no joy in the soul that has forgot- ten what god prizes. It is a great thing to think that jesus christ has need of me give me to drink. How much kindness have i shown him this past week? Have i been kind to his reputation in my life? God is saying to his people you are not in love with me now, but i remember the time when you were. I remember . . . The love of thine espousals. Am i as full of the extravagance of love to jesus christ as i was in the beginning, when i went out of my way to prove my devotion to him? Does he find me recalling the time when i did not care for anything but himself ? Am i there now, or have i become wise over loving him? Am i so in love with him that i take no account of where i go? Or am i watching for the respect due to me, weighing how much service i ought to give? If, as i recall what god remembers about me, i find he is not what he used to be to me, let it produce shame and humiliation, because that shame will bring the godly sorrow that works repentance.