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Alois Alzheimer was the Germain psychiatrist and neurologist who identified for the first time the neurodegenerative disease symptoms that lead to loss of memory which can usually affect older age people. People with this kind of illness go through a gradual process that takes them through a course of partial to total memory loss.
My granny had this infirmity and would always surprise us by the way she would increasingly forget about things and events, forgetting even about us her grandchildren. Since then, medicine has made much progress towards this sickness’ treatment, lowering its effect over those who have it and improving their quality of life, however it still remains without cure.
Reading the Bible, it gives the impression that God suffers from Alzheimer for in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament, says that God doesn’t remember our sins. The truth however is that He hasn’t lost or is losing His memory; the truth is that He intentionally wanted and wants to forget our past mistakes to give us the opportunity to live a different and rightful future.
If God who is God acts in this way, why is it that we so easily remember the sins of our brothers and sisters and have difficulty to forgive and forget their failures to enable them to live a different future?
God doesn’t suffer from Alzheimer but refuses to remember something that He has already forgiven. Through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, God forgave and forgives the sinners and completely forgets their sins. This tremendous vote of confidence frees people up to live a better and healthier future without the ties that hold them to previous failures. God has forgiven us, now is our turn to learn to forgive others!
- For which sins do you still have to ask God for forgiveness?
- Who do you need to forgive?
I loved the theme. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteTo realise that God wants to intentionaly forgive us and give us a second chance is awesome.
Delete1 o would like to ask for forgiveness of not fixing a problem without permission, but at that time the situations would be terrible 😞
ReplyDelete2 people who don't prefer to socializing instead of coping or fixing the situation
ReplyDeleteWe have a good good father. He's also teaching us likewise. We need to learn to truly forgive others and forget what they did to us.
ReplyDeleteHallelujah
ReplyDeleteYou are right brother
ReplyDeleteYou are right Commissioner. God forgives and forgets, however, leaders cannot have alzheimers when it comes to dealing with wrong doings, especially when it affects the people we serve. How do l forgive? I want to, but those responsible continue to be the innocent victims. How do l forgive when leaders prefer to keep quiet and hope it will go away.
ReplyDeleteSo true Commissioner, the sad part is that many people who have been forgiven, continue to do the things they had asked forgiveness for because they were not held accountable for their actions.
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