Darlene was 11 years old and loved to go to her grandpa‘s house after Sunday morning church and spend the afternoon with him. One day, on just such a visit, Darlene sat down in the rocking chair on the front porch and started scratching her head. “Darlene, Grandpa asked, “What are you thinking about?” Darlene said, “I was thinking about what the preacher was telling us this morning. Grandpa asked, “What part? She said. “The one where you forget everything. I don’t wanna go anywhere where I forget everything Grandpa.” He remembered what she was talking about and said, “Darlene, that’s not exactly the way it is.”
“The Preacher was telling us that God, with all His power, loves us so much that when we ask forgiveness for our sins, not only does He forgive us, but He throws our sins far away into the sea where they will never be seen or heard from again. He doesn’t even see them because He doesn’t want to see them. They are gone!”
“So what is the Sea of Forgetfulness? “Grandpa asked? “A place where The Lord does away with our sins. A place where He doesn’t even see our sins of the past. Our past sins are not only forgiven but they’re forgotten. The Bible says,
“You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.” (Micah 7:19)
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