spirit, soul and body

[aron]

Originally Posted by djohnson

SpeakersCorner I guess I'm wondering more about things like rape, incest, etc. Do you think those who were victims of these kind of horrific acts will have a memory of them in eternity?

Allow me to answer that experientially. I went through a lot of "stuff", some of it my doing, some of it others', and today I still have memory. But the tears are gone. The pain is gone. What I went through I went through. But the obsession, the compulsion, the fear, the shame, the rage, God has "wiped away".

In fact, I would say that in order to get into "that age", I need in "this age" to let go of the remnants of death. "Where, O death, is thy victory, where is thy sting?"

I need to be healed from the "sting" of death, which held me in its iron grip for so long. Only the eternal life can break the grip of death, which holds every living thing in its thrall.

Tears, death, sorrow, pain, these are temporary experiences. To be saved from them is eternal. But the "badge" of salvation may indeed remain. How can I have gratitude unless I have the memory of forgiveness?