I Remember You

How does it feel to hear someone say, “I remember you”?
“Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

Today marks nine years since the morning I woke to that lectionary text—just hours before my 91-year-old father exchanged this life for the next.
The timing was stunning. That Scripture still echoes, reminding me that my dad stepped into the fullness of what it means to be remembered.

Remembering Others

To be remembered is to be brought back into someone’s heart—into their kindness, gratitude, and affection.
Sometimes it’s for a quality or a specific act; sometimes it’s simply this:
You mattered to me.

And one day, to hear Jesus say, “I remember you,” will be the most important words any of us ever hear.

Remembering is a holy act. When we remember someone and speak it aloud, we extend grace. We tell them their life is not forgotten.

Who needs to hear you say, “I remember you,” today?
Who needs the blessing Paul offered: “I thank my God upon every remembrance of you”?

Remembering Yourself

There is also the tender work of remembering ourselves.

There are seasons when we forget who we are—when grief, exhaustion, misunderstanding, or responsibility crowd out our identity. Times when others have interpreted our actions or words in ways that were untrue or unfair. Times when we hide or starve parts of ourselves because they were unaccepted by others.

My dad used to say, “Remember who you are.”
And the truest way to do that is to remember yourself as God remembers you.

The truest thing about you is not the worst thing that’s happened to you or what someone misunderstood about you.
The truest thing is this:

“Behold what manner of love the Father has given unto us, that we should be called children of God.”

How can you remember yourself today—your calling, your strength, your belovedness?

A Simple Practice 

• Call or message someone and tell them you remember them.

• Bring one forgotten part of yourself into the light—a gift, a dream, a piece of your identity.

• Sit quietly with God and let yourself be remembered.

Closing Blessing

May you remember others with kindness.
May you remember yourself with truth.
And may you know, deep in your bones,
that God remembers you—always.

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Remember Who You Are

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