Forgiven, Removed, & Forgotten~

Wednesday Greetings :)



One time I miscalculated a trip Jorge and I were planning and stayed at a cabin in the mountains that was three hours away from where we needed to be. What was only a one-inch separation on a map, turned out to be a two-hundred mile difference. I remember telling Jorge as I was planning everything that, "How far could it be? The two cities fit between my fingers." I may have even said, "Duh!"


Luckily for Jorge he loves taking road trips with me or all those extra hours driving might have driven him insane. HAHAHAHA!


Nevertheless, none of us needs to be good with navigational maps to understand what God says in Psalm 103:12, "He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west."


God makes sure that we and our sins are as distant as possible because east and west can never technically meet in the same spot. Okay, I looked this fact up because, as you all know, I am not an expert in navigation.


But wait! It gets better. According to Isaiah 43:25, our Lord does not keep a list of our sins.


But then how could He possibly keep track of something that He is too busy removing as far away from us as is possible?


I said all of that to say this:


If God, Who is the only One Who has the right to judge us, is keeping no record of wrongs, then let it go. Forgive yourself. Remember all that talk about emptying your pockets of stones? Not throwing them at others? Sometimes we have to stop torturing ourselves for the stuff we messed up, and stop throwing stones at ourselves.


I have said it before and I will say it again. The Bible is clear and does not mince words. If God keeps no records at all, that means that it does not matter what happened--it's forgiven, removed, and forgotten--every bit of it.


All those "I should have...", "I wished I would have...", "I could have...", as well as all those other, "I shouldn't have...", "I wished I wouldn't have..." and "Why did I do that...?" DO NOT MATTER.


PRAYER:
Dear Lord, That settles it. If You forgive and forget then we will too. Help us to get over anything we regret. Thank You that each and every day we get a fresh start to get it right with Your help. In Jesus' name, Amen~