Forgiving is not forgetting
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Blake Coffee has another intriguing post up about forgiveness. He knows we can't always forget when we forgive. But he wonders if we should act as though we've forgotten. We remember but choose not to let the memory of a wrong dictate the way we act.
The key to living a life of grace, it seems to me, is to take those memories captive and not let them dictate my behavior. Therein lies the real practical effect of forgiveness. It is not that I don’t remember what you did to me, it is that I will not allow that memory to change how I treat you. I will still love you, and as long as Christ lives in me, there is nothing you can do (or fail to do) that will change that....Read More.
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