Even thou you cannot change where you have been, you can change where you
are going. You cannot undo what’s been done. Refuse to live in the “What if”
syndrome ;
“what
if:” I
would have made a better decision,
done thing differently,
married someone else,
taken another job,
or
that situation would have turned out differently?
Not everything is going to go right all the time and there are times we
should have made better decisions. Someone said if, “ifs, ands, and buts
were candy and nuts we would all have a Merry Christmas.” When you always
blame yourself for past mistakes, bad decisions and negative circumstances
you get stuck in the past. Yes you must be responsible but you cannot change
the past and you cannot turn back time and there is no sense in sitting
around wishing and whining that things were different. What’s happened has
happened. Learn from it, be smarter because of it, but no matter what has
happened you have to move on.
Is 43:18 says, …do not remember the former things, neither consider the
things of old, behold I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth.
It is time to quit crying over past hurts, pains and losses and its time to
move into your future. You have hurt long enough, you have been down long
enough, you have felt guilty and condemned long enough, and cried long
enough. Yes, you have taken a licking, but make a decision to keep on
ticking. You might have webbled and wobbled, and have even fallen down, but
I refuse to stay down because the scripture says when I fall I shall arise
(Micah 7:8), and so it’s time to get up and keep going.
You may have been broke, busted and disgusted but it is time to bounce
back!
Your setbacks are only setups for your comeback!
Your stumbling blocks are going to be your stepping-stones!
Your up-look is going to determine your out-look, which will determine your
out-come!
When I give my past to God, He will take what the enemy meant for evil and
turn it around for my good. In Isaiah 61:2, God said he would give me beauty
for my ashes and the oil of joy for my mourning. Give God the ashes of your
past today. Release those hurts, wounds and emotional scars and let God heal
them now. Psalms 23:6 says, … goodness and mercy shall follow me all the
days of my life. You’ve got to much living to do, to be dying on the inside.
John 10:10 Jesus said He would give me life and life more abundantly. Make
plans for a new beginning and a fresh start. Decide for this coming year
that you are going to arise and shine for the light has come and the glory
of the Lord is upon you (Isaiah 60:1). This coming year; 2005 is a time to
come alive! I encourage you to live in joy, peace, health and abundance. In
Jeremiah 29:11 God said, The thoughts that I think toward you saith the
Lord, are thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a hope and a
future. Never again judge your future by you past! Your future is so bright
you need sunglasses to see it all! Take one last look over your shoulder and
say, “Hasta La Vista Baby” and kiss the past good-bye. You learned from it,
and you’re more wise and mature because of it, but your not living there.
Philippians 3:13 ….this one thing I do, forgetting those which are behind
and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the
mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
The Lord Bless you and Keep you, the Lord cause His Face to Shine upon you
and be Merciful to you. The Lord Lift up His Countenance Upon you and Give
you Peace!
