I've been reflecting on "remembering" these days. My heart was touched with what King David wrote when he focused on the fact that God remembered him with loving-kindness because God was good. On the basis of that kindness and the filter of love and grace through which God viewed him, David could dare to also ask God to NOT remember his sins even though they were big.
To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse. Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD. (Psalm 25:1-7 NIV) 
God is aware of all that we are -- both flaws and gifts. God knows that we can't go forward on any kind of sustained basis without His help and truth. We can run around and do some things we think are good -- and they might well be. However, only in the hands of God and under his direction do we really get to rest in the fact that we are doing what is right. We can also make some pretty ugly mistakes that seem to derail something God is trying to accomplish in our lives. However, God is able to work together for good even the wreckage we cause. God sees the bigger picture. I pray today to walk without pride in what is right. I pray to be teachable. I pray to humbly surrender all that I am and do to the Living God who alone will lead me in paths that are loving and true. I pray to remember, with gratitude, God's ongoing forgiveness for my sinful and rebellious ways. Today, let's offer our lives to God once again as King David did, "According to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD."
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