Emphasis Preaching Journal

God never forgets anything? Even the September tree lets go of its leaves -- dropping them, letting them crumble and go their way to feed the soil which nourishes spring growth. However, the God of the Old Testament, the prophet Amos says, "will never forget anything [that those who trample the needs and do away with the poor of the land] have done."

On the one hand, the image of God as the great scorekeeper causes the guilty to squirm. On the other hand, God's never forgetting leads those to whom an injustice has been done to erase the desolation of being wronged.