God's Mental Capacity

Went to Ruach Youth Conference last nite with a few friends (and yes i kno im 22 and not really a youth anymore, but im hanging onto the last threads of it). But anyway, there we are sitting and waiting for the evening to start and my bestest turned to me and said something along the lines of "God is alll-knowing, He cant forget"... it blew my mind!! all these years iv been thinking God cant remember all the bad stuff i've done because i said sorry - now to find this out i had a tidal wave of condemnation trying to flow over my mind. But the evening started and i didnt have time to jump into my prayer closet about this matter which seemed to be shaking a fundamental belief on forgiveness...So this mornin i was up doin my research and here's a brief snippet of what ive learnt:

God is infinate, the One who created all things, and He knows the past and future. The bible says that when we repent, He will not remember our sins (Isaiah 43:25)... and this is the scripture i jus took at facevalue. in my mind it was like repentance gave God some sort of forgiveness related amnesia so he could do the whole "forgive and forget" milarky.... but how can an all-knowing God do that? i dug deeper on definitions. In English, remembering and forgetting are opposites. to remember, being recalling memories and bringing ideas into thoughts; and forgetting is failing to do these these mental activities. But the Hebrew word for forget also means to neglect, ignore, forsake or willfully act in disregard to a person or covenant. It is to act as though you have forgotten. Im not saying God pretends, but rather puts it to one side so to speak

i remember an analogy that a sunday-school teacher once told me: everytime i say sorry God throws that sin into a huge pond that has a sign that reads 'no fishing!'... iv heard others call it a sea of forgetfullness (which btw iv just found out isnt actually scripture! who knew?! the idea comes from Micah 7:19)... are these mushy stories to make us feel better? is it possible that God has a delete button in his mind? how can he choose not to remember something and yet not lose it from his memory? what is God's mental capacity? i dont have an answer - (theories or suggestions below pls). but heres my thought on the matter... made in his image, i think we do what he does (obviously his is a million times better) so just like when i forgive a person, i choose to put aside any grudges. i dont hold it against them whenever is see or talk to them. and the more i choose to ignore any recollection i have of what they may have done to me, the further it goes to the back of my mind. experience has taught me that it shows more love to be hurt and choose to forgive. so i guess thats what the scripture "love covers a multitude of sins" (1 Peter 4:8) implies somehow. sometimes it takes me ages to forgive a person, but layer by layer of love and forgiveness will build on that thing enough for me to get over it coz its a distant memory... if God is anything like me (lol), then perhaps God's infite love does eventually remove my sin from his infinite mind.

whether He forgets or willfully ignores, fact is: IM FORGIVEN
Thankyou Jesus!!
xx

"Once again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean!" - Micah 7:19