Forgive & Forget??

As easy as it may sound, can you do both? You can forgive, but can you really forget?

In the first place, why forgive? Because something not right happened. Why forget? Because we don’t want that very thing to weigh us down. Because we should be looking ahead, not backwards and dwell in the past. Because the Bible tells us so. Because God tells us so.

But the question is, can we forgive? Yes, we can forgive. Now, honestly. Can we forget? Ahah!! Some may find it hard to answer this second part of the question. I have to admit, I can forgive, but I find it very hard to forget. Not once, not twice. But many times. These past few days, the message of FORGIVENESS – FORGIVE & FORGET keeps on repeating itself, and I guess it was no coincidence that I stumbled upon a few histories. The hurts have healed, but the scars remain forever. I may have forgiven, but I can’t bring myself to delete all that has happened. I may have forgiven, but no matter how hard I try to forget, the scars has already been imprinted so how else can it be removed without creating further damage?

As I look through my archives and chats history, past unpleasant incidences flooded my memory bank. How I was hurt by friends I thought was genuine, how I was betrayed by friends I thought I could trust. How I was stabbed in the back by friends who buttered their words till I fall prey to their schemes. I grew up and was given spiritual guidance in a local church. Therefore I knew what the Bible says about forgiveness. But really, forgiving and forgetting is a totally different story altogether. Likewise for a wound and a scar. In life, something that has been done cannot be undone. Life is not like a computer where you can edit an error, and replace that which was wrong. Neither is life like a computer where you can hit the delete button, and poof!, it is deleted. Only by his grace, heh.

Forgive, & forget? Friends... friends...

I BELONG TO YOU by Rueben Morgan

Open arms
Welcome me close to Your heart
And there I long to stay
Mercy falls
Cleansing my life in Your blood
Whiter than the snow

** I belong to You
Jesus my first love
You’re everything I’m living for
You’re the joy I know
Treasure I hold dear
I burn for You
My eternal love

Take my life
Join me forever with You
Make our hearts as one
Perfect love
Driving away all my fears
Freedom I’ve found

## Jesus, my eternal love
Jesus, my eternal love
Jesus, my eternal love