Those sad memories, do you want to keep them?
What if by magic, you can wish them all away?
Would you rather that they stay?
Those sad memories, they are holding you back aren’t they?
What if you can set yourself free one day?
And know it’s not too late?
But those sad memories, they came with something else didn’t they?
What if losing your happy mem’ries is the price you have to pay?
Would you wish them all away?
Your sad memories, must you throw them all away?
What if they came from moments where there is both joy and pain?
Priceless moments you’d wish to keep for the rest of your days?
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2 replies on “Those Sad Memories”
Amen. I was just reminded that even the memories of my shameful behavior has a purpose. They remind me that I need God’s grace to stay on track and become the person God always wanted me to become.
I’m glad you were able to comment here, Robert! I agree, all of our experiences have a purpose. Indeed, all things work together for those who love Him.
Here is a quote I found from Julian of Norwich that is very relevant to what we’re talking about:
“Grace transforms our failings full of dread into abundant, endless comfort … our failings full of shame into a noble, glorious rising … our dying full of sorrow into holy, blissful life. …. Just as our contrariness here on earth brings us pain, shame and sorrow, so grace brings us surpassing comfort, glory, and bliss in heaven … And that shall be a property of blessed love, that we shall know in God, which we might never have known without first experiencing woe.”
– Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love