FORGIVE & FORGET

In 1939 my wife and I went to pastor a church in north Texas. The first week we were there, one of the women in the church came to visit us. We talked for a while, and then she said, "Brother Hagin, I want to tell you about Sister So-and-so and how she treated me." Then she began to go on and on telling us how that sister had mistreated her. I thought to myself, Well, last week she and this other sister probably got into a spat. I asked her, "When did this happen?" She began to count, "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. . ." I thought she was going to say, "Eight days ago." But she answered, "It will be eight years ago next Tuesday." I had such a look of astonishment on my face that she quickly answered, "Now don't misunderstand me. I've forgiven her all right. But I never will forget how that old devil treated me."

Without thinking, I answered, "Sister, you're a bald-faced liar. You haven't forgiven her. If you had forgiven her, you would have forgotten it, and you wouldn't be over here telling me about it. (Kenneth E Hagin)

Yes i forgive but just cant forget