Are You Forgetful?

It has often been said that the older a person gets, the more forgetful he or she is. Do you feel that way?

• Have you ever lost your car keys?
• Have you misplaced your cell phone?
• Can you name all your children or grandchildren?
• What happened yesterday?

If you have trouble answering any or all of these questions, you may feel that you are forgetful and are thus embarrassed.

It may seem like a bad thing to forget, but sometimes forgetting can be a good thing!

All of us have sinned and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). If we dwell on the bad things others have done to us, or the things we have done to others, we will make ourselves miserable! However, we serve a loving God who is willing to forgive us our sins and remember them no more (Jeremiah 31:34). Likewise, we must be willing to forgive others, forgetting what has been done (Matthew 6:14-15).

As God, in forgiving, forgets what we have done, we must too!

Becoming a Christian means we put off the old person, put on the new, and walk a new life (Romans 6:4-6; 2 Corinthians 5:17). Everything in the past must remain in the past; we cannot go back and change it. Paul said, “…one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:13-14).”

Let us forget the past, and focus on getting to Heaven!