No doubt you have heard the often used cliche. "I can forgive but I can't forget." Sometimes I am ashamed of being human when I think how we can twist God's word! The truth of the matter is that we are not forgiving if we don't forget. Consequently, many people that think they have forgiven others have not really done so.

God says when we ask Him to forgive us that He remembers our sins and transgressions no more. "As far as the East is from the West" that's how far our transgressions are from us. Do we do the same when a brother asks us to forgive him?

Why don't people forgive and forget? What advantage is there to maintaining a file on others? Perhaps we are just ignorant of the process. Here's how we can learn to forgive; Compare what anyone has done to you to what was done to Jesus Christ our Savior. If you aren't in a "Job Mode" you will see that "your light affliction" in no way compares to what Christ, Creator of the universe went through. Really think about what Christ gave up to call us brothers! He paid a price higher than the cost of the entire universe and everyone in it. He, who did no wrong, paid His blameless, innocent life! None of us can say the same. From the stake He said, "Father forgive them for they no not what they do!" If we are followers of Him why would we want to hold anything against anyone? Forgive means to forget.