The Golden Oldies Numbers 11:1-15 (ESV) The People Complain And the people complained in the hearing of the LORD about their misfortunes, and when the LORD heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down. So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD burned among them. Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, “Oh that we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.” Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium. The people went about and gathered it and ground it in handmills or beat it in mortars and boiled it in pots and made cakes of it. And the taste of it was like the taste of cakes baked with oil. When the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell with it. Moses heard the people weeping throughout their clans, everyone at the door of his tent. And the anger of the LORD blazed hotly, and Moses was displeased. Moses said to the LORD, “Why have you dealt ill with your servant? And why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me? Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing child,’ to the land that you swore to give their fathers? Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me and say, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’ I am not able to carry all this people alone; the burden is too heavy for me. If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.”

The Mediocre Memories… A-well-a ev'rybody's heard about the bird bird bird bird B-bird's the word oh well-a bird bird bird Bird is a word oh well-a bird bird bird Well-a bird is the word oh well-a bird bird bird B-bird's the word a-well-a bird bird Well-a bird is a word a-well-a bird bird B-bird's a-well-a bird bird bird B-bird's a word a-well-a bird bird bird Well-a bird is a word a-well-a bird bird B-bird's the word now well-a Don't you know 'bout the bird Well ev'rybody knows that the bird is a word Oh well-a bird bird b-birds oh word well! A-well-a ev'rybody dance about the bird bird bird bird B-bird's the word oh well-a bird bird bird B-bird's the word a-well-a bird bird bird B-birds the word now when a bird bird B-birds a word now when -a bird bird bird B-bird's a word now well-a bird bird bird B-bird's the word oh well-a bird bird bird B-bird's the word a-well-a bird bird bird B-bird's the word a-well-a don't you know 'bout the bird Well ev'rybody's talkin' a-bout the bird a-well-a bird bird B-birds the word well papa com-a mau ma-papa Com-a ma mau papa com-a mau mau Papa com-a mau mau well-a don't you know 'bout the bird Well ev'rybody know that the bird is a word a-well-a bird bird

Those “Good Old Days” Deuteronomy 5:15 (ESV) Deuteronomy 15:15 (ESV) You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. Deuteronomy 15:15 (ESV) You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this today. Deuteronomy 16:12 (ESV) You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt; and you shall be careful to observe these statutes. Deuteronomy 24:18 (ESV) but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this. Deuteronomy 24:22 (ESV) You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this.

Not So Golden Oldies Psalms 25:6-7 (ESV) Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD!

The Coasters - Charlie Brown Fe-fe, fi-fi, fo-fo, fum I smell smoke in the auditorium Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown He's a clown, that Charlie Brown He's gonna get caught Just you wait and see (Why's everybody always pickin' on me) That's him on his knees I know that's him Yeah, from 7 come 11 Down in the boys' gym Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown He's a clown, that Charlie Brown He's gonna get caught Just you wait and see (Why's everybody always pickin' on me) Who's always writing on the wall? Who's always goofing in the hall? Who's always throwing spit balls? Guess who? Yeah, you (Who, me) Who walks in the classroom, cool and slow? Who calls the English teacher, Daddy-O? Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown He's a clown, that Charlie Brown He's gonna get caught Just you wait and see (Why's everybody always pickin' on me) Who walks in the classroom, cool and slow? Who calls the English teacher, Daddy-O? Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown He's a clown, that Charlie Brown He's gonna get caught Just you wait and see (Why's everybody always pickin' on me)

Being Reminded 2 Kings 20:1-6 (ESV) In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.’” Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying, “Now, O LORD, please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. And before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him: “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD, and I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.”

Remembering the Good Times Esther 9:20-22 (ESV) And Mordecai recorded these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, obliging them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of the same, year by year, as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

Nostalgia

Dean Martin – Memories Are Made of This The sweet sweet memories you gave-a me You can't beat the memories you gave-a me Take one fresh and tender kiss Add one stolen night of bliss One girl, one boy some grief, some joy Memories are made of this Don't forget a small moon beam Fold in lightly with a dream Your lips and mine, two sips of wine Memories are made of this Then add the wedding bells, one house where lovers dwell Three little kids for the flavor, stir carefully through the days See how the flavor stays These are the dreams you will savor With His blessings from above Serve it generously with love One man, one wife, one love through life Memories are made of this Memories are made of this

Memories Are Made of This Psalms 63:1-8 (ESV) A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

Remembering the Bad – and the Good Ephesians 2:11-21 (ESV) Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.