Forgotten Sins

[J Michael]

If we earnestly forget a sin from our past, not withholding it out of embarrassment or what not, but a sincere forgetfulness, are we still forgiven and put in the state of grace.

It is my understanding that that is the case, especially if our confession contains an acknowledgement of and request for pardon from sins we may have forgotten.

And also, after we have confess, I have heard of the grace of forgetfulness.  Is it good to try and really forget some sin we have committed in the past.

I don't think we need to "try" to forget our sins, but there's no point either, imnsho, in hanging on to a remembrance of them if we have confessed them to God and been forgiven and absolved.  I've heard it said that a sin truly repented of, confessed, and forgiven is easily forgotten.