"I'm not here to talk about the past..."

With those few words, Mark McGwire launched himself from first-ballot Hall of Fame status to the "Will he ever get in?" atmosphere.
Some of my studies lately have been about forgiveness. There's an interesting paradox between God's view of forgiveness and our own. We say, "Forgive and forget." But do we actually do that? The Psalms say that God has forgotten your sins as far as the east is from the west. Imagine that for a second. If you started walking east, and continued walking east, you would never ever stop walking east. There's a reason He didn't say as far as the north is from the south. If you started walking north, at a particular point, you would start heading south. But not with east and west. You would always be headed east.
But to me, the paradox comes here: We should never forget what we have been forgiven of. It's not like God is keeping some big record book up there, and says, "Well, TJ, you did this on September 30, 1994, so that's a date you need to watch out for." Of course it's not like that. But it is important for us to know what it feels like to be forgiven. Then and then only, are we free to be able to truly forgive others.
Let's just get this out of the way and make sure everyone knows...I'm a complete loser. I mess up probably 100 more times a day than most people. Therefore, I need forgiveness. I can actually understand forgiveness. Those who "never mess up" cannot. One of these days, they will mess up. How do I know? Because, "All have sinned; All have fallen short of God's glorious standard." There was only one perfect man on this earth, and He promised us to return again.

I hope that day comes soon.