What about "Don't forget to brush your teeth"?
Or "Don't forget your lunch money."
I remember hearing so many reminders from my mom, and thinking back when I was a kid, "Will she leave me alone already?" But it wasn't like she was trying to annoy me. My mom wanted me to remember these things because she loved me. She was trying to teach me to remember what was important. So where did our moms get this deep instinct to help us remember what's important?
My pastor this morning spoke about the Lord's Supper, and how Jesus said "Do this in remembrance of me."
He went on to say that if you look at it, God told us in as many ways as He could to never forget Him.
He told the Israelites not to forget Him when He gave them the Ten Commandments. He told His people not to forget Him whenever Israel gained a new king. He reminded prophets time and time again to tell His people to turn back to God when they had turned away. And of course He told us through His Son Jesus Christ. And just like we all forgot to take our lunch money every now and then, or forgot to do our homework...God's imperfect people have forgotten Him over and over.
And yet when you forgot to do those things, didn't your mom forgive you? Ironic that a mother's love and forgiveness - can be the perfect mirror of God's love for us. So much so, that God was so willing to forgive us, that He sent Jesus to die the death that all imperfect humans deserve, but no longer have to endure spiritually, as long as we believe.
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