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2 Corinthians 8:1-5 – Remembering Makes People Never Forget
Despised by the English, and suffering from The Great Potato Famine, the Irish received a surprise charitable gift – $170. The year was 1847.
And who were the benefactors? The Choctow Indians. They likewise had been displaced from their ancestral home, and relocated to Oklahoma by the Indian hater, Andrew Jackson. This was the infamous Trail of Tears.
Because the Irish were having to forcibly leave their homeland solely to survive, these likewise displaced, kind-hearted human beings, felt a kindred spirit with a race and nation unlike themselves yet like them; a people they had never met.
What impact did their gift have? The Choctow’s empathy was powerful enough so that over a hundred years later it is still remembered!
This story reminds me of another that is still remembered today (2 Corinthians 8:1-5). Over 2000 years later, the Gentile Macedonian Christians’ empathy for the Jewish Christians is still remembered!
Maya Angelou said, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Being included and remembered is powerful.
The people of Ireland to this day remember how the equally despised Choctow Indians made them feel. Although despised by some, by others they had not been ignored and forgotten. Make someone feel remembered; and that feeling they will never forget.
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