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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast,\u00a0<\/em>click here<\/a>

There\u2019s a story about a pastor who became annoyed with a particular woman in his congregation.

She claimed to have daily personal conversations with Jesus.

More and more enthusiasts came to her house.\u00a0They sang hymns and offered prayers of hope and desperation.

He wondered if this was about to get out of hand.\u00a0What if local TV reporters came and asked difficult questions, and the church ended up looking foolish?\u00a0What if she wrote a book and Oprah recommended it to her legions of fans?

The pastor decided it was time for a confrontation. He went to visit the woman.

He suggested, gently but firmly, that she was probably self-deceived.\u00a0This \u201cvoice of Jesus\u201d was in all likelihood the soundtrack of her own mind.\u00a0

She listened politely but didn\u2019t yield.\u00a0Jesus was even at that moment speaking to her, she insisted.

The pastor was prepared.

\u201cIf Jesus is right here, right now, ask him to name the three sins that I confessed to God this morning.\u00a0If \u2018Jesus\u2019 tells you those three precise sins, I might entertain the possibility you\u2019re really talking to him.\u201d

The woman sat quietly for a long while.

Then she turned to the pastor and smiled.

She said, \u201cI asked him.\u00a0But Jesus said, \u2018I forgot<\/em>.\u2019\u201d\u00a0

Before we find ourselves wondering if God is somehow absent-minded, prone to amnesia, or could stand a dose of spiritual Prevagen, we need to ponder divine promises like this one:

\u201cI will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more\u201d (Jeremiah 31:34).

Biblically, to remember <\/em>means to keep something vividly before our minds.\u00a0To forget <\/em>means to let that something go \u2013 to refuse to let it dominate our thoughts or actions, even though we can effortlessly bring it to mind.

When it comes to our sins, God keeps his promises.\u00a0He chooses not to remember them \u2013 that is, to make them the most important part of our identity.

That\u2019s why God\u2019s good news is such good news.

Even though he knows every inch of our frailties and failures, the thing that\u2019s truly unforgettable at the end of every day is his grace.


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