Forgetting and Forgiveness

There is a big difference when it comes to forgetting and forgiveness.

We must understand that forgetting a thing is like buried treasure,it can be dug back up, but forgiveness is like pulling up the roots to a weed: it can never grow back again.

Here are five things that distinguish the difference in the two.

• Forgetting the past can be brought back up to haunt you.
  Forgiving self from the past cuts out all negative thinking that can arise in the future.
• Forgetting that a person hurt us is like deferred pain, because it can be brought back up to hurt us again.
  Forgiveness removes the future pain of that memory.
• Forgetting a mistake without learning from it produces NOW procrastination. Forgiveness acknowledges that I messed up and I’m going to grow from this situation.
• Forgetting to focus can cause confusion. Forgiveness humbles us to the point where we understand that we cannot do anything without God.
• Forgetting a wrong act produces an option to do it again.
  Forgiveness repents and changes the wrong act and the
  direction of our thinking.

We must understand that:

• Forgetting sin didn’t set us free, Forgiveness of sin did.
• “Forgetting may set the soul loose for a moment; but Forgiveness sets the soul free for a lifetime.”
• “It really doesn’t matter if the person who hurt you, deserves to be forgiven.”
• Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on.”