What does it mean to remember? Isn’t it more than just, “oh yeah, that one exists.” To remember means genuinely holding that person in the mind and then the heart. The dictionary says it takes an effort of memory. And then?
Galatians 2:10
All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
I feel convicted whenever I think of the “poor” in that general sense. The should word comes up in big bold letters across my mind screen: YOU SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING.
I think it’s time to stop running away from this particular “should.” It’s time to confess that I don’t do what I can. I don’t want to. Remembering the poor is messy and consuming. It’s impossible to out-give the needs of the poor. All these things are true, but I am withholding more than money. I am withholding myself.
Meditations from Zion 
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