We learned confidence, dedication and determination. And we felt challenged to do our best, because the privilege always carried an understood high expectation that we earnestly embraced, because the other thing we came to feel was a horror of letting that teacher down. Those were unique relationships, formative experiences, and they, along with others, have become important stories in my life. Shaped by the stories we choose to tell about ourselves. I think the people of scripture had a sense for that because memory is such an important faculty in scripture.
Memory is an important commodity in the lives of the Biblical people.
God's redeeming activity in our lives is the stimulus, not the consequence of our responsibility. I have performed. You have experienced my presence and my activity in life changing ways. The unseen future is grounded in the concrete experience of the past. Remember, remember, remember.