Remember?

Three sisters ages 92, 94 and 96 live in a house together. One night the 96-year-old draws a bath, puts her foot in and pauses. She yells down the stairs, “Was I getting in or out of the bath?”

The94-year-oldd yells back, “I don't know, I'll come up and see.” She starts up the stairs and pauses, then she yells, “Was I going up the stairs or coming down?”

The 92-year-old was sitting at the kitchen table having tea listening to her sisters. She shakes her head and says, “I sure hope I never get that forgetful.” She knocks on wood for good measure. She then yells, “I'll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who's at the door.”

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Remembering/Not Forgetting is a huge theme in God’s message to us. The most important remembrance is found in communion with Christ and one another. Paul explains it to the Corinthians:

For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this in remembrance of me as often as you drink it.” For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.

—1 Corinthians 11:23-26