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Commemoration versus recognition
“Oh, no! Where did I put . . . ?” We’ve all probably asked ourselves that question. I have. Lots of times! Where did I put that wrench? Where did I put that bag? Where did I put that paperwork?
Several weeks ago, I discovered that something I’d just bought at a store did not work properly. I looked everywhere for the receipt so that I could take the item back and exchange it. When I gave up on trying to remember where I’d put it, I sat down and began to quiet my thought in prayer. Prayer helps, even when I’m not facing a big issue.
So I asked God, “What do I need to know about this? What do You know?” As I was quietly listening for answers to these two questions, my eye was drawn to a couple of lines in an open book on my desk. The book was The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany by Mary Baker Eddy. The lines were, “Your feast days will not be in commemoration, but in recognition of His presence . . .” (p. 188). At first I wondered what this had to do with my lost receipt, but I looked up the word commemoration and found that it meant remembrance or memory. I also thought about the word recognition.
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