It is a common human failing that we often hang onto the things that we should forget and forget the things that we should remember.

‘Have ye forgotten the commandments of the Lord your God? Yea, have ye forgotten the captivity of our fathers? Have ye forgotten the many times we have been delivered out of the hands of our enemies?’  (Alma 60:20)

Because of this failing it is good that we are prompted from time to time to remember the things that are important. So we have Remembrance Day and poppies and war memorials to help us to remember the sacrifice made for us by millions who never knew us.

Spencer W Kimball wrote: “When you look in the dictionary for the most important word, do you know what it is? It could be ‘remember.’ Because all of [us] have made covenants … our greatest need is to remember. That is why everyone goes to sacrament…