About when God's love does not erase the memory…
Psalm 63:3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify
you. 4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my
hands. (NIV)
God's love can do many miracles. However, God's love may not erase a memory
you want erased. Although God's love does not erase a memory, what His love can
do is place your heart and mind at ease when the memory comes to you. You may
remember a time or an event you want erased, but even if the memory is not
erased, God's love will bring you peace when you remember. You may remember a
time or an event you want erased, but even if the memory is not erased, God's
love will bring you power to be more and do more than you ever thought possible
when the memory appears. A memory you want erased may remain, but God's love can
give you new memories to store up and new memories to recall…new memories that
stand in stark contrast to your painful memories. We need not be haunted by our
past if we will let the love of God filter into our present. Although there are
times, places, and circumstances we want to forget, when we hold God's love in
our heart, the times, places, and circumstances of our present take on a new
meaning, a new purpose, and new glow. God may not erase our memory of the past.
What God does do is walk with us in the present to use our past as a teacher and
guide about who we are to be and what we are to do in the present. God's love
may not erase your memory of your past, but His love does make new memories out
of your present. His love produces joy, peace, laughter, and something out of
nothing. His love produces present memories to erase the sting and hurt of past
memories, even as we recall the hurtful facts of the past.
