He does not forget

For God is not unjust to forget your work and labour of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. – Hebrews 6.10

We have been in this ministry for a long time now. We have had our good days and our bad days. We have had our ups and our downs. We have had great excitement and long sluggish spells. Everything is fine during the good times. But in the not so good times it is easy to see only the negative. At those times it can seem like nobody sees what we are doing, and it can even seem like we have been forgotten. We have even visited a supporting church who didn’t know who we were. It gets discouraging when it seems like ‘nobody’ reads our prayer letters. We are a little church in County Kildare and it can seem like ‘nobody’ knows who we are.

Of course this is all a matter of perspective. Our recent trip to the States reminded us that people do still love us and do still care and don’t forget us.

But in those days it is important to remember that even if everyone really did forget us there is one who will never forget.

God does not forget our labour of love. He does not forget as we serve each other. He does not forget as we do these things in His name.

We don’t serve for the world’s recognition. We don’t serve to be remembered or thought about. We serve because we love each other and because we do in His name alone. And we serve each other in love we can be assured that God does not forget what we are doing.

This is such a great blessing and encouragement. We are not forgotten. We just keep on loving God, loving each other, and ministering to the needs of each other.

God will never forget. Praise His name.