From the Pulpit: God's marvelous amnesia

In some of the old Western and war movies we’ve seen characters keeping track of their kills by cutting a notch on the handle of their gun. Now, we might think that a crude way of keeping score, but how true to the fact it really is. The word score comes from the Old Icelandic word “skor,” which literally means to cut a “notch.”

Imagine how many nicks or notches we have cut into our souls to keep score of all the wrongs committed against us with the hope of someday getting even. In contrast we are told in the book of Psalms, that God doesn’t keep track of sins. The Psalmist writes, “If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness…” (Psalm 130: 3-4)

If you want to enjoy the rest of your life, then stop nursing your resentments, throw away your scorebook, and begin to imitate God’s marvelous amnesia!

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