Genesis 41.51 - Forgive, because you Cannot Forget!

Genesis 41.51 - Forgive, because you Cannot Forget!

Forgive and forget? I wish I could. But sometimes my craving to even the score and get revenge won’t let me enjoy the peace of forgiveness. My will be done! Joseph had a lot to be bitter about. But he wisely “called the name of the firstborn…“God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house” (Genesis 41.51). That seems counter-intuitive!? Every time he calls his son, “Manasseh,” he remembers that painful junk all over again! He does remember, but now he sees his problems with a fuller perspective of God’s plan. He can testify that his sufferings led to salvation for many – God meant them for good! “You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?” (Psalm 56.8) His son became a permanent testimony of God’s power to redeem the past.