Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren recently said on his website that
the phrase “forgive and forget” is not actually biblical.
"You've heard this phrase over and over: 'Forgive and forget.' There's
only one problem with it: You can't do it," Warren writes on his website.
"You really can't forget a hurt in your life. In fact, you can't even
try to forget it. Because when you're trying to forget, you are actually
focusing on the very thing you want to forget," he continues.
Instead of trying to forget about hurt, Warren says God offers a better way.
"Forgetting is not what God wants you to do. Instead, he wants you to
trust Him and see how He can bring good out of it. That's more important
than forgetting, because then you can thank God for the good that he
brought out of it. You can't thank God for things you forget," Warren
explains, as reported by ChristianToday.com.
Warren, who is the author of the bestseller, The Purpose Driven Life,
went on to say that there is a lot of evil in this world, and things
like diseases, death, divorce, war, rape, and abuse are not according to
God’s Will, but yet God can make good come out of those terrible
things.
Warren quotes from Romans 8:28 which says: "And we know that in all
things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been
called according to His purpose."
“He [God] gives you peace in your heart that comes from knowing that
even if you don't understand the hurt in your life, you can still
forgive, knowing that God will use that pain for good," Warren
concludes.
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