"What we call 'memory' is actually our spirit gazing at the substance of our soul…Indeed, the reason our natural minds cannot forget certain incidents is because those experiences have literally become a part of our nature…God, who is the essence of life, can reach into our experiences and redeem us from our negative reactions…through our worship of Him."

This is from something a long-lost friend sent me over 10 years ago.  I don't know who originally wrote it, but I came across it in a file folder the other day after I had posted "Redeemed Reactions," and recognized immediately how much this quote had impacted me.