Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love … Remember not the sins of my youth … according to your steadfast love remember me … (Psalm 25:6-7)
How good is your memory? You might not remember what you had for lunch last Saturday or family stories others can recall vividly. Yet you’ll probably remember the things you wish you could forget—embarrassing, painful, shameful moments that linger far too long. Some people, weighed down by such memories, long for forgiveness but believe their sins are too great for God to pardon. They’re wrong. God’s memory is perfect—He sees and knows all. But the Bible says something astonishing: I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more. Though He cannot forget, He chooses not to remember the sins of those who come to Him in faith. Why? Because Jesus bore our punishment on the cross. God doesn’t punish the same sin twice. When we turn to Christ, God says, in effect, “What sins?” They are blotted out, gone. Nothing you’ve done is beyond His forgiveness. How amazing is His mercy.
