He Remembers You

“But Zion said, ‘The LORD has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me.’ ‘Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!’” – Isaiah 49:14-15

 

In his book, “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat”, Oliver Sacks, a renowned neurologist chronicles the story of Jimmie. Jimmie was a 49-year-old patient of Sacks in 1975. He walked into the doctor's office with a cheery "Hiya, Doc! Nice morning! Do I take this chair here?" He was cooperative and answered all the questions as Dr. Sacks checked his memory. He remembered his childhood home, friends, school, and the Navy, which he had joined in 1943. He was stationed on a sub and could still remember Morse code. He recalled vividly his service in the Navy through the end of the war in 1945, but that's where the memories stopped.

When asked how old he is he believed he was a young man, he was shocked by his appearance when Dr. Sacks asked him to look in a mirror. He believed there was some sort of practical joke being played on him. Even more interesting, when Dr. Sacks left the room and returned a few minutes later Jimmy had no memory of ever meeting the doctor!

Dr. Sacks wrote he is “isolated in a single moment of being…. he is a man without a past (or future), stuck in a constantly changing, meaningless moment”. Dr. Sacks diagnosed Jimmie with Korsakov’s Syndrome.

 

Though we may forget God, the Lord always remembers us. Today in prayer, give thanks to Jesus that He deeply loves you and never for a moment forgets you.

 

“Once we experience God in our loneliest place—the place where we feel most abandoned by humans—we begin to comprehend that he is always there. He has always been there. His love and comfort surround us no matter where we go.” – Mary Fairchild

 

God’s Word: “Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant; I formed you; you are my servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.” – Isaiah 44:21