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What memory will I have? What will I or won't I remember? Some things are important to remember even if not good. I don't want to remember people who are not saved. Is that bad?

I kinda wondered about what Heaven was like too, but, how do you know unless you've been there? So...you have to find out from someone who died and came back. Then I heard about the book, 90 Minutes in Heaven, by Don Piper. He is a Christian  and this is Don's real life and death and life story. This might help to answer some of your questions. It gives you a glimpse of what life is like on the other side. 

As we stand before the Judgment Seat we will have our memories. This is evident by these verses:

Mat 7:21  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

These people had to have their memories in order to say what they had done and to argue that they should be able to a place in Heaven.

Mat 25:40  And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Again we have Jesus describing the judgment scene where He is telling of people remembering what they had done.

Starting with the verse Luke 16:19 we also have the parable of the rich man and the beggar.  Jesus clearly tells that the rich man had all of his faculties, including memory.

I could give more verses and incidents in which it shows that we will have full memory at least up to and through the judgment but let's skip and go on to after that.

Rev 21:4  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

This verse tells us that we will no longer have any feelings of sorrow or reason to cry or any pain of any sort. I am sure that this indicates that we will not remember those that were lost at the time that is indicated here in this verse.

That makes sense, thank you. God bless

This was exactly what I was thinking!  I have always felt that the Lord will not allow us to remember loved ones who will not be in heaven, because that would be painful and sorrowful, and there will be no pain or sorrow in heaven.

Kewl.  I thought that too.  I thought that once your in Heaven everything is full of joy and happiness!