Swimming Down

I recently wrote a new song entitled "Forgotten" in which I repeatedly mention "swimming down" and question why I am doing so. The song eludes to our sins being cast into the sea of forgetfulness and how we, for whatever reason, constantly seem to be trying to retrieve them. As it so clearly says in Micah 7:19, "You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea."
Doesn't that sound wonderful? I think we buy into that when we first find salvation or when we decide to fully devote ourselves to Christ's service. We say, "My sins are not only forgiven, but forgotten. Now I can move on too." That is so true. However, we never leave it there. We let it creep back in on us. Or maybe we don't ever even have the afore-mentioned thought process. Possibly, we come into Christianity with our doubts of our worth. The truth is, we really don't have worth until we come to Christ. We are as wretched sinners unworthy of the prize He has afforded. How can we begin to accept ourselves as deserving, when we are so clearly not?
It breaks down like this for me: however unworthy and ill-deserving I ever have been, still am, or will become, the Bible speaks truth for everyone. Maybe our problem forgetting is that we have a bigger problem accepting forgiveness.
We who have been called to a greater service must learn to accept forgiveness so we can tell others of the debt paid by a King who lives close by. Accept forgiveness. Live in that forgiveness pursuing purity. Tell others about this great forgiveness. After we become more comfortable with forgiveness we can start to forget. God is forgetting our sins when we pray with sincerity. Now we need to forget and move on. Let sin live in the past so it cannot thrive in the present.