Do We Retain Our Memories in Heaven? [Questions That Haunt]

I hope you liked Richard Beck’s wonderfully thorough answer to last week’s question. I thought it was awesome. This week’s question comes to us from Angel:

I have a question for the series. When I was very young, I used to wander into my parents’ morning bible study and listen. At one point, I heard something that really disturbed me and worries me to this day: when we go to heaven, we take no worthly possessions, not even our memories. I don’t want to forget anything that happened to me when I was alive. My question is this: Why do we have to forget when we go to heaven? Why would God make us suffer this fate of oblivion? Is there any way to avoid this?

I am really looking forward to reading your responses to Angel’s question. I’ll give it my best shot on Friday.