When I went over to my mom’s the other day, as soon as I walked in the door, she said, “Where are the containers I asked you to bring?”

“Oh, sorry, mom, I forgot”. I replied apologetically.

And that launched a whole discussion (or rather a sermon, I come by it honestly ;) on the benefits of eating almonds for memory. Before leaving her place she packed up a ziplock bag of almonds and told me to eat a few each day.

I rolled my eyes, respectfully, took the bag and shoved them in my purse. Guess what? I forgot they were there and just found them today. And if you are reading this mom, I am eating almonds as I write this :)

The truth is we all forget all types of things… where we left our car keys, our phone, what we had for lunch!! But Hebrews 6 reminds us that God does not forget.

God is not unjust; God will not forget your work and the love you have shown Him as you have helped His people and continue to help them. (Hebrews 6:10)

God does not forget your pain.

God doesn’t forget your struggle or your difficulty.

God doesn’t forget the times you pushed through even when you didn’t see a way forward. Or the times when you kept going when it seemed hopeless.

And God doesn’t forget the love that you have shown to others. Like the small acts of listening, the effort that you made to be kind, the way you paid attention to somebody and tried to encourage them.

God doesn’t forget.

God doesn’t forget when you went out of your way to help that person who ended up hurting you, or when you encouraged and served somebody who didn’t recognize it.

Every small act of kindness is remembered.

Hebrews 6 says your work and love were not just done for others but when you do them they are actually done for God. God receives the love that you show others as love shown to God.

And here is the good news — that while God does not forget our acts of kindness there is one thing that God does forget, God forgets our sins.

A little later in Hebrews 8:12… For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”[a]

God says, I will never again remember their sins. Because of what Jesus has done for us God forgets our sins as we trust and follow Him. But God remembers every act of love to others.

So be encouraged today.

Keep serving others, keep loving others well.Keep doing small and large acts of kindness for others.Keep giving, keep showing up, keep helping, keep making time because God doesn’t forget the love that you have shown others. And as you do, you have shown that LOVE to God.