Isaiah 49:8-15 / John 5:17-30
Doing spring-cleaning and packing can be tiring and boring.
But, at the same time, it can be an experience of discovery.
We did discover how many things we have kept and not used or seen them for such a long time.
And we will also discover the things we have forgotten, or thought we have lost or thrown away, but now we found them back.
As with things, when they are out of sight, they will be soon out of mind.
As it is with things, so it is with people.
When we don’t keep in contact with some people, or see them once in a while, they will slowly fade away from our minds.
In other words, we forget about them, as in we don’t meet or interact with them regularly.
In the 1st reading, the people of God was saying: The Lord has abandoned me, the Lord has forgotten me.
But the Lord replies: Does a woman forget her baby at the breast, or fail to cherish the son of her womb? Yet even if these forget, I will never forget you.
Yes, at the favourable time, God will answer us, on the day of salvation, God will help us.
Let us not forget about God’s promises to us, because He will never forget us.