Challenge #82

GOOOOOD MORNING WORLD!!!
After a mandatory vacation, we're back in full effect!
Let's jump right back into it, shall we?

Forgiveness, as we said before, is a funny thing. Even though the phrase "forgive and forget" is extremely popular, most people try to forgive but absolutely refuse to forget! In fact, the phrase "I'll forgive, but I'll never forget" is almost equally popular! But always beg the question: what does God want? What does He desire for us to do?

Two verses come to mind in refernce to these points:

Luke 17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.

If the Lord says He will forgive us and remember our sins no more (Jeremiah 31:34) and removes our sin from us as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12) AND we are to forgive others as we have been forgiven (Matthew 6, Matthew 18, etc.) it seems silly for us to hold onto the past offenses of our spouse.

At some point, we must let go of the past, those things which are behind: things that we couldn't change even if we wanted to, and reach forward to a better future. True forgiveness is something that we all have struggled with at one time or another. But it is something that is mandatory for a healthy, thriving marriage. If you truly desire a better future, don't allow the past to hold you back any longer.