Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14 NIV

Forget: to lose the remembrance of; be unable to think of or recall; to treat with inattention or disregard; to cease remembering or noticing. Merriam Webster Online Dictionary, 08/12/2020

Forget? Yes, I forget where I laid down my phone. I forget what day it is. I forget to fold the clothes when the dryer stops. But, I do not forget the hurtful things I said and did to others. Other bad experiences from my past seem to keep replaying in my head. Why can I not forget those?

Have you watched a bad movie? I have. I don’t want to watch it over and over. Most of the time, I don’t even complete it the first time through.

Sometimes, I feel like my past is a collection of bad movies and I keep rewinding and replaying them over and over.

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. Isaiah 43:18 NIV

READ > STUDY > UNDERSTAND > ACT

Ok, so I have read the Scripture. I have studied it and memorized it. I understand it but I cannot seem to get the “Act” part of this equation.

There is a method of wearing a rubber band and every time you have the thought, you pop yourself with the rubber band. I have tried that. It does help me to put that thought away, temporarily.

What I have found that works better, is reciting Isaiah 43:18 and Philippians 3:13-14. I put them on the fridge door and on the bathroom mirror. That way I see them numerous times during the day.