Like the popular words, from The Song of Music, remembering what our favourite things are can chase away fear.
Maria sings,
When the dog bites
When the bee stingsWhen I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favourite things
And then I don't feel so bad
But, for those pursuing God, the favourite things are the words of Scripture.
The Psalms are full of remembrances.
and my God. My soul is troubled within myself : therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan and Hermoniim, from the little hill. Ps. 42:6 DR
If I have remembered thee upon my bed, I will meditate on thee in the morning...Ps. 63:6 DR
One understands that one no longer loves someone once loved if that person is forgotten in memory.
Those one loves, one remembers, again, and again, and again.
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten. Ps. 136:5 DR
St. David is the man who had the heart of God. He is a type of Christ; prophet, king, priest.
His words resound in remembrance of his great love for God. Here is more of Psalm 136, some say written by David as a prophecy for Jeremiah.
[1] Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion: [2] On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments. [3] For there they that led us into captivity required of us the words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of Sion. [4] How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land? [5] If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten. [6] Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.
To be grateful, is to remember.
To be continued...