{"id":1549,"date":"2021-12-31T01:47:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T01:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2021-12-21T01:53:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T01:53:17","slug":"remembering-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/remembering-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday, December 31<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remembering 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

And he [Jesus] took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, \u201cThis is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.\u201d\u00a0Luke 22:19<\/strong><\/p>\n

After weeks, if not months, of preparation, Christmas is now behind us. The festive food\u2019s all eaten, the tree\u2019s wilting in the corner of the living room, void of presents or a spark of life, the candles are burned low and the Christmas carols are all sung. The seemingly timeless break between then and now is over, and glory to God we\u2019ve reached the end of another year.<\/p>\n

The New Year holds hope for a brighter and better time ahead, at the same time allowing us to shut the door on the year now behind us. For many of us, today will be a day of celebrating what could be ahead in 2022. Yet how many of us will take some time to stop and remember what\u2019s happened in 2021?<\/p>\n

There\u2019s such power in remembering, and marking the important occasions in our hearts, so much so that Jesus made sure that His disciples would remember their last meal together and the significance of it. It wasn\u2019t a joyful thing He was asking them to remember, we know the story and it is far from it! Yet, to this day, followers of Christ around the globe celebrate this remembrance of Jesus in the same way that He set the example for them, two thousand years ago. That\u2019s two thousand years of people doing the exact same thing, and all for one reason \u2026 to remember.<\/p>\n

So, with 2021 on its way out, let\u2019s take some time to remember. Remember the good times and blessings of 2021, and pray that we\u2019ll have many more in 2022. Remember the laughter of 2021, and pray for more joy in 2022. Remember the sad times, the moments when you thought you would not have made it, but you God broke through and did a miracle, look forward to God\u2019s continued strength and let that build our faith for 2022. And remember the hard times, and take courage in the fact that, by the grace of God, you came through them.<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t live our lives only looking back at what has been but, equally, we can\u2019t live our lives shutting the door firmly on the past, and only looking to the future. The future\u2019s unknown, uncertain. We can\u2019t learn from the future, but we can learn from and rely on the faith we can draw from the past, and how God provided for us, healed us, helped us and loved us \u2026 despite all.<\/p>\n

However you celebrate the New Year, may you remember the goodness, kindness and mercy of God, and may 2022 bring you closer to Him.<\/p>\n

Prayer for today<\/strong>: Father God, help me to remember the past year with gratitude for all You\u2019ve done. May my faith be built up for what\u2019s to come in the year ahead. May 2022 be filled with Your presence and a year to remember too! Amen<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friday, December 31 Remembering 2021 And he [Jesus] took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, \u201cThis is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.\u201d\u00a0Luke 22:19 After weeks, if not months, of preparation, Christmas is now behind us. The festive food\u2019s all eaten, the tree\u2019s wilting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1554,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions\/1554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}