Conveniently Forgotten (Part 1)

Genesis 40:14

New International Version (NIV)

But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison.

For Encouragement

Few outcomes hurt more than a broken promise. To be disappointed by someone you figuratively covenanted with could be jarring. Unfortunately, that is one of the most common phenomena in relationships.

A courtship blooms between a young man and a young woman. The young man is in college but struggling to make ends meet – scrapping for lunch and almost always going to bed on an empty stomach unless some friends share their fried rice and chicken now and then. This young lady is not that intellectually inclined but hard-working. She accepts a thousand chores to have modest savings for the future. However, she feels love in this young man when she sleeps, wakes up, and wherever she goes. His voice is a constant companion from afar. There is no hint of insincerity with him, so she opens her heart and future to him and spends all her savings to support him through college.

Now, he is a corporate executive and moves in exclusive circles. Attending public gatherings and dinners become uncomfortable for Fifi, who sees Adwoa as a disappointment and tarnishing his image because she is not that cultured. How could he continue in this unequal yoking when many female colleagues have been aggressively competing for his love?

The great USA opens with a juicy offer, so Fifi relocates and leaves Adwoa in Ghana with their two children. The daily calls get spaced out with the passing days, months, and years.

Convenient amnesia is common but often mislabeled. The old flame is not hot anymore and has to die out regardless. A now older woman with an almost spent youthfulness is left to fend for the two children as a single parent.  

Friends have suffered similar experiences with their closest buddies who swore never to forget each other should one get a better chance in life. The inscription remains the same in each epitaph: “Conveniently Forgotten.”

However, there is hope in these circumstances for the faithful child of God. It jumps out of the story of Joseph and his prison buddies. The baker had no opportunity to be grateful because his fate led to the grave. However, the cupbearer had the chance to play fair but failed until divinely prompted.

Tomorrow’s message will continue with this lesson in hope. In the meantime, may the Lord comfort you who have suffered any degree of, “Conveniently Forgotten.” God has a plan for you, and the fruit of it will not blossom until His means and timing converge.

“But those that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up on wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint” (Isa. 40:31).

Shalom