Painful memories can be helpful if they humble us and make us more compassionate toward others. But there is a difference between being humbled and being humiliated. If our memories drag us so far down into the black pit of despair
that we quit reaching forward to heaven, then we've let our memories do
something that God never intended. Even after forgiving us, God is still
aware of our past, and we should remain aware of it too. But although
our past is a part of the truth about us, it is not the whole truth. If we've been forgiven, that is also a part of the truth, not to mention the truth of what our future can be with God's help. That is the part of the situation that God is most interested in. So we need to adopt His perspective on our lives. We need to be concerned not only with where we've been but with where we can go.
::Excerpt from Reaching Forward, October 15::
Gary Henry
Good thoughts :) the article brought to my mind Phil 3:13-14
ReplyDelete"Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." NKJV
Two of my favorite verses Ryan! Thanks!
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