He Doesn’t Remember

He Doesn’t Remember

“I will remember their sins no more.”

Hebrews 8:12 RSV

I was thanking the Father today for his mercy. I began listing the sins he’d forgiven. One by one I thanked God for forgiving my stumbles and tumbles. My motives were pure and my heart was thankful, but my understanding of God was wrong. It was when I used the word remember that it hit me.

“Remember the time I . . .” I was about to thank God for another act of mercy. But I stopped. Something was wrong. The word remember seemed displaced. . . . “Does he remember?”

Then I remembered. I remembered his words. “And I will remember their sins no more.”

Wow! Now, that is a remarkable promise.

God doesn’t just forgive, he forgets. . . . For all the things he does do, this is one thing he refuses to do. He refuses to keep a list of my wrongs.

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