Forget About It!

FORGET ABOUT IT!

I don't know about you but I have difficulty forgetting. I'm kind of like an elephant in that regard as the old adage goes, "An elephant never forgets." Many people have difficulty remembering things and as I have learned in my DSM class, there are many categories even for that (Amnestic Disorders, Alzheimer's Disorders, etc.)!

But yesterday I was reminded to forget. And the reminder went something like this:

"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past! See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs

up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland." 

~Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV

I like the way the Amplified Bible says it too:

"Do not (earnestly) remember the former things; neither consider the things of old. Behold, I am 

doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert."

Throughout Scripture we are often told to REMEMBER the things the Lord has done for us as a reminder of  His faithfulness to us. But here we are told to FORGET THE FORMER THINGS!! 

So, here's what I am forgetting, with the Lord's help:

*MY PAST SINS
*MY PAST HURTS

*MY PAST FAILURES

Let's FORGET ABOUT IT! (said with a thick Italian mobster-like accent!) ;)