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Why We Must Remember the Past
By Jen Ferguson "Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me." Isaiah 46:9 Stories are powerful. This is why we often retell them over and over again — they make us feel good, they cause laughter, they bring a sense of nostalgia. We often tell stories when we're gathered with family, when we're reconnecting with friends, when we are remembering loved ones and olden days. The retelling does something within our hearts and impacts our emotional state. There is power in the remembering. 
This is not a new discovery. Continually throughout the old testament, God tells the Israelites to remember, too. In 1 Chronicles 16, King David delivers this psalm, possibly the first one ever used in a tabernacle service: | 
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