The question which arises from the pile of our memories is this: What do I do with them? What are the chief responses to a past so full of things that, if one is not careful, can weigh us down and make the long race of life a difficult journey? The Biblical people had at least four answers to this question. The way of repentance, the discipline of forgiveness, the life of gratitude, and the search for wisdom. Each has explosive implications for repairing the past when fully understood.
