Don’t be conformed to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you can figure out what God’s will is—what is good and pleasing and mature.
Romans 12:2 CEB
The secret to changing your mindset from accepting the way things are on other people’s terms, to taking full responsibility for your own life on your own terms, requires that you build 7 Spiritual Pillars, the second being the Remembering Pillar.
You build your Remembering Pillar by continuously calling to mind what God has done for you in the past. It is this kind of remembering that moves you to be thankful to God and express your gratitude to Him for how He has brought you from where you began with Him at birth to where you are now.
You should remember both the bad times and the good times with God. You should remember the bad times because if you remember well, you will recall that it was God who brought you through every single bad time you have ever had. And you should remember the good times, because it was God who blessed you with every really good time you have ever had.
It is through building your Remembering Pillar that you are comforted when all hell seems to have broken loose in your life, and it is this Remembering Pillar that encourages you not to quit, but to keep on going forward. Your Remembering Pillar teaches you that everything that you go through, no matter how burdensome or painful, will work out for your ultimate benefit.
The easiest way to build your Remembering Pillar is to start keeping a journal from day to day. Without a written record of what you have been through, it is easier for the enemy of your soul to lie to you and tell you that following the Golden Rule Way has not been beneficial to you. But when you can open your journal and read your own personal bible of the situations you were in and how God brought you out, you are empowered to encourage yourself in bad times, and enjoy reliving good times.
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