Love, Forgive and Forget?

It was in the middle of a very very warm morning when I was just lying down on my bed when I heard a lot of babbling around me. I couldn't really stand the babbling but even before I spoke up, I was just reminded of a verse in 1 Corinthians 13 that says; " Love does not keep records of wrong." This is exactly found in verse 5d. I was so eager to post about God's very abrupt revelation on Facebook but, all the thoughts I had in mind could not possibly fit in 420 characters. So, here it is.

Not everyone can actually understand first and foremost what is love and how it is to be loved. Growing up, I know a lot of us thought that love is just a feeling that gives us cute butterflies on our tummies. I never really knew the fullness of love is until I experienced the love of Jesus in my life. I decided to love Jesus. It was never just waking up and magic! "I love Jesus!". I know that it was a continuous and an everyday decision, to love Jesus more and more each day. I understood what the real meaning of love is when I came to know what God did to show His love for us. He sent Jesus, His only son to save us from eternal damnation. "Oh, gosh.." I began to think, "I don't think any person living today can do that. Not even me." Those were the thoughts I had in mind while I was still a little kid. Though I was still as little as 11 years old when I came to know Jesus, I know in my heart that I surrendered to His Lordship. Up until now, I'm still amazed every single time that I am reminded of God's love for you and me. 

Talking about how much God loves us, forgiveness will always be accompanied by it.  For me, love and forgiveness is inseparable. God loves us so much that He sent His son, Jesus to die and FORGIVE us from our sins.  Each and every time I am reminded on how God unceasingly forgives us, I am just humbled and amazed because I believe that as humans, forgiving is one hard thing. Once you have never experienced the real meaning of FORGIVENESS, it will be hard for us to forgive someone. At the same time, I am really moved that God commands us to forgive as much as He forgives each and every day. No matter how hard and painful it is, we should forgive.

But, there's this big issue with us humans that sometimes, we say that we "forgive" someone, but we keep on bringing back what the person has done wrong. Talking about the verse found in 1 Corinthians 13:5d, not keeping records of wrong means not to continue talking about or bringing up what the person has done wrong. Do you know that our very forgiving God does not only forgive us, but also FORGETS whenever we ask for forgiveness from our sins (Isaiah 43:25)? That just gave me a tap on the back that we are called not only to forgive but also to forget and most especially not to upbraid the fault. 

It is not EASY, i know. I've been there. But by the grace of God and by the Spirit is the one that will enable us to truly LOVE, FORGIVE and most especially FORGET. Let us quit on reminding the people who had a fault on us about what they had done, instead, love that person more and more and forgive that person wholeheartedly and then, forget. Bringing back the faults won't make us a better person. If you truly love the people around you (may it be your wife, husband, family, siblings, friends), you will quit on upbraiding the faults. 

Choose to LOVE and FORGIVE.