Drop the past - Reach forward

A Thought:

"It's hard to see your future, when you are staring at your past"  Tony Evans

"but one thing I do; forgetting what is behind, and reaching forward to what is ahead.'                                                              

                                                                         Philippians 3:12-13    CSB 

One thing that really trips us up, is our past. This past may contain what happened years ago - that painful divorce, arguments, unfaithfulness, abuse or the loss of someone very special. Alternatively, the past can be more recent such as yesterday. Someone may have said something or upset you somehow and it has completely floored you.

It may be playing on your mind so much, that it is affecting your sleep, you don't want to eat and you're irritable- like a bear with a sore head. You are even having conversations with yourself about what you are going to do to the people who have done this. Stop this, right now and let it go! Allowing yourself to become wound up about something from the past - whether years ago or more recent, is poisoning your mind, building a bad root within you and robbing you of your joy, which is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10).

It is pretty difficult to work towards a future when you are focused on the past. It is rather like having a giant rubber band tied around your waist - as you move forward making some headway, you are catapulted back to where you started. The past holds a lot of memories, many of them bad ones. Don't you think you should move on? Don't you think the enemy has kept you imprisoned for far too long. It's never easy to give up the past, it takes effort but, you will never know unless you try.

You have a choice to make - keep hanging on the the past, or ditching it. Let me ask you a question, can you do anything about what happened years ago, or even recently? If you can, then try and address it. However, bear in mind, forgiveness has to be uppermost and also the need to avoid being judgemental. Count the cost; you may open a can of worms so, is it worth it? If not, why not start on your new future - today!

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