“Remember ye not the former things, neither consider things of old.” Isaiah 43:18 (KJV)
“Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.” Philippians 3:13b (KJV)
I have a bad memory. I don’t mean that I forget things, I mean that I have almost total recall of events, people and conversations of my entire life. Most of the things I remember are not happy memories and I’d rather forget them.
The average person has one quadrillion pieces of information in his or her brain. That would be written with the number 1 followed by 15 zeroes. That’s hard to believe when we go to the store and forget to
buy milk, or we misplace our car keys, or we forget a friend’s birthday.
We all have thousands of memories, some good, some happy and some bad. We can’t control having memories pop into our brains, uninvited and unwelcome. We do have some control over how long they stay there. We shouldn’t dwell on them and relive unhappy memories. We need to pray and ask the Lord to help us remember happier times instead.
“Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things” Philippians 4:8 (KJV). “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” 2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV).
Lord, don’t let my mind be cluttered with regrets or fear or sad thoughts. Let my mind be filled with joy and happy memories and peace.
– Crying Wind
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