Deuteronomy 4:9

"Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them to thy sons, and thy sons' sons."
Deuteronomy 4:9


This is good stuff.  What it makes me think of is how easy it is to forget. To forget God, and all the amazing things that he does for us every single day.  Things start going well, and we think that we can handle things without him, or that we don't need to improve any more.  It is sad that we are usually only motivated when things go wrong, and suddenly we need God again.  The truth is, we need him even when things are going Right with a capital R.
Today, I was going through some things, trying to find some information for a job application, and I came across so many things from my past selves (in a completely non-reincarnation way, of course)... letters, writings, grades, articles... even applications and brochures indicating past hopes and dreams.  It reminded me of some things that I needed to be reminded of... including this scripture, which I had used in a sacrament meeting program back at BYU.  We need to live in the present, yes... but we can't throw away our history, or we'll never remember the lessons that we have learned along the way. :)  Our learning today can be enhanced greatly when we are able to retain past lessons and build upon them.  As the scripture indicates, when we get the history right, it can even carry on into the future.  Our lessons building upon the lessons of our parents... all the way back to Adam and Eve.  (Don't talk to snakes.)  Today, let's keep our souls diligently... and not forget God, even when things are going well.  He's still there, answering our prayers.