Today is the one-week anniversary of my hip replacement surgery. Anniversaries and birthdays are one of the ways we mark or measure the passing of time. One of our daughters and her husband just had their 17th wedding anniversary. We have kids and grandkids’ birthdays all the time. I will have my 77th  birthday in about five months, Patty’s 78th in 8 months, our 56 wedding anniversary in three months, and my 50th anniversary as a pastor in 17 months. We also remember events because we mark them as important. We take pictures and have celebrations and special gatherings on those days. The most remembered day in my mind is my High School graduation in 1967; I remember that day and the events leading up to it clearer than any other in my life. I am not sure why, but I do. You might think my wedding would be most memorable, but I have little memory of that day and event; I believe that fear blocked it out! Another highly remembered day is the birth of our first child, Sarah, and the birth of our first grandson, Josiah. The most significant day in my life was when I was born again into the family of God. That happened at Fir Point Bible Camp in Glendale, Oregon, in June 1961 when I was 13. I was baptized in June 1966 in Mt Adams Baptist Church in Trout Lake, Washington. I was wondering yesterday at Dave Kennedy’s memorial service, when we were remembering his life, how much we will remember of our life when we get to heaven. I think we will remember every detail and every thought and every motive. When I was a kid, we would celebrate birthdays by showing slides and super8-movie clips of whoever’s birthday it was. If Jesus does that for each of us in heaven, that will be fun or embarrassing, depending on the event and scene. Some would say that God has forgotten all the bad stuff as per Psalms 103:12. I think that reference is to the consequence of sin,  not to actual memory, but we will see. In the meantime, I will live my life daily as if Jesus sees everything I do, say, and think. It is all being recorded by Jesus to celebrate and remember for all eternity: eternal entertainment, like watching the three stooges😂.