The older and busier I get, the more I’m in love with the reminders app on my phone. They say the memory is the first thing to go, and perhaps that statement is true, but our lists of things to remember often grows beyond our human capacity.
I actually put a reminder in my phone, set to go off in early November this year, of how many of which kinds of holiday cookies I think I should make. Based upon how much effort I desire to put forth, personal and traditional favorites, and mostly by November I figure I will have forgotten …
… the large number of cookies left in the house post-December, begging me to eat them.
Which of course I did.
I had a wee bit of help.
But I desire to eat fewer of them in the future.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed them without guilt. I have culinary skills. But to everything there is a time and season, and it is now the season to get back to healthier habits.
And it’s going fine this week. Thanks for asking.
I’ve been jotting down notes for this post for a couple weeks. I wasn’t in love with the title, though, so I Googled “reminders remembrances”. You never know when Big Brother Interwebs will spur your creativity. Following results for grammatical discussions of which word to use when, an interesting option showed up. Hebrews 10:3 in the NLT version.
“But instead, those sacrifices actually reminded them of their sins year after year.”
Oh hello. Perhaps Big Brother Google does know me best. Of course I read the entire chapter, which I suggest for all of you fine people as well. Verse 3 refers to the burnt offerings of the Old Testament. A few verses later we find this gem …
“I will never again remember their sins and lawless deeds.”
Verse 17 is quoting Jeremiah 31:34, by the way. Jeremiah may have been a bullfrog, but here we’re talking about the OG, I mean OT prophet.
So if you’re feeling guilty or regretful about how much holiday sugar you ate … Christmas plans (or lack thereof) that didn’t fulfill all your hopes and dreams … New Year’s resolutions you’ve already blown … or how much you’ve not crossed off the to do list one week into January (it’s only one week into January!), remember this.
Whatever your sins and lawless deeds …
or whatever you think are your sins and lawless deeds …
He will never again remember.
