Update & Apologies

Hello all fellow Logos users. I have been dealing with a few short term memory issues. Right now I am going through treatment, therapy and medical case studies. I lose track of a lot of things and I have to redo them over time. People with what I have been diagnosed with tend to retain critical thinking and reasoning skills but experience a significant short-term memory loss as well as have lapses in thought processing. I forget to do simple things as reply and keep a running tab of what I need to do. My memory has came from 40% to 55% in the past 15 months. I finished my graduate certificates in Greek, Bible and History at Liberty in December of 2021. I am now at Faulkner University pursuing my MA in Bible. My drs have also said I have a memory that remembers langauge Things happen, and the blessing in disguise for me here is that I never would have learned all I have. God is good. I am trying to get better and will do so in God's name. I hope everyone will understand and accept my apology.

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MJ. Smith

Absolutely no problem. You are not the first person to require we adjust to you, nor will you be the last. I'm simply pleased to see the forumites are able to adjust.

Rosie Perera

Kudos to you for continuing to pursue your dreams/calling in spite of your memory and thought processing challenges. And for continuing to have faith and work towards improvement with what the doctors can offer you. I offer my apologies for being frustrated at how often you ask for help here and perhaps answering in a critical or snarky tone sometimes. (I know others have.) I guess I too have lapses in memory and had forgotten how tough your medical challenges are.

Bob

Thanks for sharing your life struggles and congratulations on your successes!

Bob

ReformedDoc

May the Lord continue to bless you & help you in your study's.

Sean

God is good. I am trying to get better and will do so in God's name.

As I get older, my memory is definitely aging faster than I would like, and you have my sympathies. Keep trying, and God bless you and your studies.

Sam Shelton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1257191#Comment_1257191

I pray for God's blessings upon you as you seek to grow in service to Him.

1Cor10 31

As a fellow citizen whom God endowed with very little memory from childhood, I can sympathize. But over time, I have come to appreciate how the lack of endowment on the memory side has made me who I am. I was forced to ask “why” every step of the way. But that critical mind set is what made me pursue sciency subjects (engineering in undergrad and PhD in finance). If I had been given good memory, I may not have been forced to ask “why” and the path I would have taken would have been different, and I am not saying it would have been better or worse, just different.

Even today, I have asked for memory to remember Bible verses but God, in His infinite wisdom, has chosen to not (yet) answer this prayer. God has beautifully arranged the unique set of natural gifts and spiritual gifts in each person such that we uniquely glorify God like no one else. George MacDonald whom C.S. Lewis revered said: There is a chamber also (O God, humble and accept my speech)-a chamber in God Himself, into which none can enter but the one, the individual, the peculiar man-out of which chamber that man has to bring revelation and strength for his brethren. This is that for which he was made-to reveal the secret things of the Father.

Enjoy glorifying God with the way God has wired you!