Forget it!

Tuesday I went to my local Christian bookstore to purchase an accompaniment CD.  I discovered that the one I wanted could be "burned" right there at the store.  I looked and looked and I sampled many songs until I found the right one.


I approached an employee who stated that she could have it done in ten minutes.  I told her that was fine I would just walk around and look through the store. I wandered and looked at several bible studies, I flipped through the latest novels, I searched for a book for my father and I spent about twenty five minutes just looking. 

I approached the counter and I asked the girl if my CD was ready.  She looked at me with that stunned "deer in the headlights" look and yelled out "I'm so sorry!"  She said that she had gotten busy with other customers and had completely forgotten the CD.  Having waited for almost thirty minutes now, I asked if I could just get a refund.  She returned my money and repeated "I'm sorry" at least five more times.  I assured her it was okay.  The incident in my mind was forgotten and chalked up to a mistake. 

I am not one to simply "forget."  My disappointment is often written all over my face but this time it wasn't.  I really just walked away with no CD and no anger.  

Yesterday I decided to try again.  I went back into the store and selected two CDs and both of them needed to be transferred on to CD form. She took one look and said "Oh I'm so sorry about yesterday-it won't happen again" and proceeded to continue to apologize. 

I truly had forgotten the situation yesterday and I just wanted my CD's.  I went back to the books and reviewed all the same books I had looked the day before.  After fifteen minutes I returned to the counter and both CD's were ready.  The girl said "I'm so sorry about yesterday."

It made me think of a statement I made years ago.  "God is forgiving.... but man so unforgiving!"

I told her the day before, "Forget it."  It has passed, it was a mistake and I've forgotten it.  For some reason, we can not let go.  God forgives all our sins, He does not qualify sins, we do!  He is ready and able to forgive us when we ask.

That is where we need to keep our focus.  Why keep bringing our faults back up by reminding us of or mistakes?  In this case, I didn't need to remind her that she had messed up the day before she couldn't let it go!

Are you caught up in something you can't forget about?  Perhaps some mistake made long ago? To you I say "Turn it over to God....then Forget it!"

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:8-12