“Amnesiac protagonists” are a pretty common trope in video games, and it’s one that the Final Fantasy series has successfully employed many times. Our gaming avatar is just as unfamiliar with their previous choices as we are, and because of this “fresh start” we can both embark on these adventures as an entirely new page in their stories. Sure, we may run into others who still remember who they were before and hold a grudge against them as a result… but even if that is who we WERE, it isn’t who we are NOW. We are becoming someone new, and we can’t allow the way that others see us get in the way of fulfilling the glorious purpose we are burdened with now.

We all have a past, and for most of us it contains actions and choices that we wish we could forget. But in His infinite grace and mercy, the Lord gives all of His repentant children a new beginning so we can all move forward from the sins of our past and fulfill the destiny He designed for us free of the regret and shame that we once carried. We may still deal with some ramifications from our old lives from time to time, but that person isn’t who we are anymore… in our Heavenly Father’s eyes we are a brand new creation. Since He has chosen not to remember any of our old sins, it’s time for us to forget them as well. He deliberately picked broken vessels like us to save His world.

He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:10-12

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more. Hebrews 8:12

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17

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