Genesis 8, the waters receded!

Gen 8:1, THEN GOD REMEMBERED NOAH, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. 

It does not mean that GOD forgot Noah, it means that GOD again turned HIS focus on NOAH.

Psa 136:23, Who remembered us in our lowly state, For His mercy endures forever; 

Gen 8:21, AND THE LORD SMELLED A SOOTHING AROMA. Then the LORD said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, ALTHOUGH THE IMAGINATION OF MAN’S HEART IS EVIL FROM HIS YOUTH; …

This sacrifice pleased the LORD yet, HE offered us a greater sacrifice of HIS SON! JESUS!

Eph 5:2, … as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. 

2Co 2:15, For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 

HE knows exactly who we are! Jesus said it plainly! “you being evil” Matt 7:11. YET, HE gives us unmerited grace! HE IS OUR ARK THAT WE MUST ENTER BEFORE THE TRIBULATION COMES!