I FORGET

I FORGET




God knows and REMEMBERS
Everything about us
Except-of course-our sins


“Blessed is the man
Whose sin the Lord
Does not record” Romans 4:8


“If you-Lord-kept a record
Of sins Lord
WHO COULD STAND?” Psalm 130:3


There once was
An elderly woman
WHO went to her BISHOP
And said:


The Lord was appearing to her
In visions


The bishop
Couldn't determine
Whether the woman
Was legitimate or not


So he said to the woman:
“The next time the Lord
Appears to you-ask him
What my biggest sin -
What my biggest failing is”


So the woman
Comes to see the bishop
The following week


And the bishop asked her,
“Did you ask him?”
The woman said, “yes”


And the bishop asked,
“What did he say?”


The woman said, Jesus said,
“I FORGET”


And that is the way
OUR God is
He keeps-NO RECORD
Of our sins


And neither should we
Other then to forget them
Once we confess them-and repent


Then TRY to get things right
The next time


Albert Schweitzer once said,
“HAPPINESS IS nothing more
Than good health
And a bad memory”


But the truth is
Other than our sins
Jesus-doesn't forget a thing
About us


He even knows
The number of HAIRS
On our head


“And even the hairs
Of your head
Are all numbered


So don't be afraid;
You are worth
More than many sparrows” Matthew 10:30


But other than our sins
God and Jesus
DON'T FORGET a thing about us


“Can a mother
Forget the baby at her breast


And have no compassion
On the child
She has borne


Though she may forget
I will NOT forget you” Isaiah 49:15


Jesus tells us
WHEN others sin
Against us


WE are to have
That same short-term memory


With him or her
As he(God-has with us)


“IF your brother or sister
Sins against you
Rebuke them
And if they repent
FORGIVE THEM


EVEN if they sin against you
Seven times a day
And seven times
Come back to you saying
'I repent'
You MUST forgive them” Luke 17:3-4


Or maybe we should just say,
“I FORGET”


Like the GOOD Lord
said about the bishop


And what he says about us
EACH AND EVERY TIME
we sin against him


Robert P. Wallman
10-15-15




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Eve Tushnet




8-17-2019