[Manna - October 2]
Forgetting those things which are behind. Philippians 3:13
WE forget the things that are behind, because it is
right that we should do so.
Because God forgets them,
and declares that He has cast all of our imperfections
behind His back; that our imperfections are all covered
from His sight, by the merit of Him who loved us
and who died for us, and whom we love, and in whom
we are trusting, and in whose steps we are seeking
to walk with more or less imperfection according to
the defects we have inherited in the flesh.
We are
not meaning to suggest that slips or failures should
be lightly esteemed or quickly forgotten; they should
be rectified to the extent of our ability, and divine
forgiveness should be sought for these defects daily. Z.'04-23 R3306:2