What kinds of forgetting and...
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What kinds of forgetting and "forgetting" are we capable of? The racks of Belated Birthday cards at the store remind us that we have forgotten a significant occasion. One humorous folk remedy applied to losing track of things is the tying of a string around one's finger.
A relationship which has gone awry demands our attention and yet we remember to "forget" that the other person needs our time, our attention and our conversation. The results of our procrastination inevitably deliver consequences that we cannot ignore, much as we would like to forget that we somehow forgot!
Some years ago a Garrison Keillor radio program featured the comedic retelling of the Prodigal Son Parable. With unswerving perfection, the elder son and his spouse remember every sin which the younger sibling had committed. In frustration at the younger brother's faults and lifestyle, the older brother even attempts to seek advice from Ann Landers! But what is delightful and almost maddening about this version of the parable is the attitude of the father. He seems to have a hard time remembering that the younger son did anything wrong! It annoys the older brother, who, like the listener, can hardly believe the father forgot! "But, Dad, ..." he pleads.
Jeremiah speaks of the Covenant-Making God as one who is pervade with a divine forgetfulness of our sins. Have we remembered that?
--Hedahl
A relationship which has gone awry demands our attention and yet we remember to "forget" that the other person needs our time, our attention and our conversation. The results of our procrastination inevitably deliver consequences that we cannot ignore, much as we would like to forget that we somehow forgot!
Some years ago a Garrison Keillor radio program featured the comedic retelling of the Prodigal Son Parable. With unswerving perfection, the elder son and his spouse remember every sin which the younger sibling had committed. In frustration at the younger brother's faults and lifestyle, the older brother even attempts to seek advice from Ann Landers! But what is delightful and almost maddening about this version of the parable is the attitude of the father. He seems to have a hard time remembering that the younger son did anything wrong! It annoys the older brother, who, like the listener, can hardly believe the father forgot! "But, Dad, ..." he pleads.
Jeremiah speaks of the Covenant-Making God as one who is pervade with a divine forgetfulness of our sins. Have we remembered that?
--Hedahl
