One of my favorite passages of Scripture is Psa. 25:7; “Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD!”

Someone once said, “Be careful how you live your life, because someday you may be a prisoner of the memories you’ve made.” To recall good times and wise decisions is part of the joy of growing older, to see the positive fruit brought about by living that kind of life. What torment it can be, though, to see the negative fruit making bad decisions can bring, and how many lives including our own it can affect. When all is said and done, what is it about us that each of us, and those who were a part of our lives, will remember?

What a wonderful promise God makes to us in this psalm, that when He forgives, He forgets. The Hebrew writer affirms this truth when he wrote, “For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more” (Heb. 8:12). Through Christ God can forgive our sins and keep on cleansing us by the blood of His sacrifice (1 John 1:7).

Another wonderful promise God makes us is, when He forgives our sins, what He remembers is us, personally, intimately, lovingly. We can have boldness and confidence, in that He considers us worthy through Christ of the promise of eternal life. “We also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation” (Rom. 5:11).

Isn’t it great, by the blood of Christ, God doesn’t remember our sins, but focuses on our worth and value. Praise God He loves us like this. Have a great day knowing how much you mean to God. God bless.