Not me of course...John read about this woman who apparently has a perfect memory on Glenn Beck this past week, and used the news for our intro question in his High School Sunday School class. He asked the question, "Would it be a curse or a blessing to have a perfect memory? Why or why not?" It got me thinking later about how that would be in my personal life...
The good....not forgetting what I just read, birthdays, names, where I put things, grocery lists, phone numbers, and all the obvious things to help me complete my long list of homemaker/wife/mother duties.
The bad...remembering all the bad things I said or did, awkward moments I wished to forget, the times I hurt people or was hurt, and of course, those silly things you learn and quickly forget about that don't seem important. Can you imagine laying in bed singing commercial jingles or other catchy things (the Barney song) 24 hours a day that you could not get out of your head...definitely a curse.
What do you think...curse or blessing??
The good....not forgetting what I just read, birthdays, names, where I put things, grocery lists, phone numbers, and all the obvious things to help me complete my long list of homemaker/wife/mother duties.
The bad...remembering all the bad things I said or did, awkward moments I wished to forget, the times I hurt people or was hurt, and of course, those silly things you learn and quickly forget about that don't seem important. Can you imagine laying in bed singing commercial jingles or other catchy things (the Barney song) 24 hours a day that you could not get out of your head...definitely a curse.
What do you think...curse or blessing??
Comments
I am forgetful and would love to be able to remember more (what to get at the store, info for tests, what I was supposed to be doing today, birthdays, names etc.).
However, I think we are not meant to remember everything for a reason. That is part of being an imperfect human being. I also think we would have a hard time forgiving (and forgetting!) and moving on to do better if we could remember all the wrongs against us or all of our own wrongdoings.
Also, it would negate the need to study and work to learn. It just isn't fair to the rest of us who have to work really hard to remember stuff!
Goodness, I wrote a whole post here! Sorry!