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\"SeekingHimLogo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Remember, O Lord, Your compassion and unfailing love,
\nwhich You have shown from long ages past.
\nDo not remember the rebellious sins of my youth.
\nRemember me in the light of Your unfailing love,
\nfor You are merciful, O Lord. <\/span>
\nPsalms 25:6-7<\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever had to forgive someone? \u00a0It’s not always the easiest thing to do. \u00a0You have to process your feelings and then consciously make the decision to forgive. \u00a0Then (for some of us) it’s a daily thing\u2014we often have to remind ourselves that we have already forgiven that person. \u00a0On the other hand, forgiving comes naturally to some people. \u00a0I am not one of those people. \u00a0If I feel I have truly been wronged, it takes me some time to process my emotions (usually 1-3 days).<\/p>\n

Have you ever forgiven someone and then find yourself still thinking about it? \u00a0That’s when you have to remind yourself that you forgave them. \u00a0Human forgiveness is flawed. \u00a0We remember what was done to us. \u00a0Given some people can just let stuff go, but most people still remember.<\/p>\n

God’s forgiveness is different. \u00a0God does not remember our past sins. \u00a0God’s Word says plenty about His forgiveness.<\/p>\n

Then He adds, “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
\nHebrews 10:17<\/p>\n

As far as the east is from the west,
\nso far has He removed our transgressions from us.
\nPsalm 103:12<\/p>\n

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just
\nand will forgive us our sins
\nand purify us from all unrighteousness.
\n1 John 1:9<\/p>\n

Often we as humans find it hard to accept God’s forgiveness because we compare it to human forgiveness. \u00a0God does not have to process emotions before forgiving us and He doesn’t throw our past sins in our faces. \u00a0His forgiveness is far grander than anything we know. \u00a0Yet, people still struggle with guilt, shame, and condemnation. \u00a0These three emotions are not from God…they stem from our inability to forgive ourselves. (Yes, I said ‘ourselves’.) \u00a0When was the last time you messed up? \u00a0Did you need more than God’s forgiveness? \u00a0Did that other person forgive you?<\/p>\n

How about we try forgiving as God does – towards ourselves and others.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember, O Lord, Your compassion and unfailing love, which You have shown from long ages past. Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth. Remember me in the light of Your unfailing love, for You are merciful, O Lord. Psalms 25:6-7 Have you ever had to forgive someone? \u00a0It’s not always the easiest thing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[44,3146,3367,1287,425,9161,6585,9160,3692,9143,3174],"class_list":["post-26765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-1-john-19","tag-ahmee-bronaugh","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-god-does-not-remember-our-sins","tag-gods-forgiveness","tag-hebrews-1017","tag-psalm-10312","tag-psalms-256-7","tag-seeking-him-devotional","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-6XH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26766,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26765\/revisions\/26766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}