Trying to put the Past to Rest

Time after time I mentally flip through my life’s history as though I am looking at a photo album. I take the pictures out one by one, and I scrutinize everything about the moment, time and place,. I try to seize that moment in time and re-live it. It is so very painful. Often times crying and feeling alone. What was I thinking?...... How could I? How was I to know? I was so stupid. I should have known better! If only I could go back……I should never have. It is an endless cycle of pain and guilt. I wish, if only.....But I have come to realize it is a waste of time and energy to dwell there.

Lord, I ask you to help me forget what is behind me so that I can press on toward the goal that you have for my life in the NOW. I know you have a purpose for my life. A purpose to praise and serve you. Help me to realize that when I spend my time reflecting on the past, it keeps me from focusing on the things you have already planned for me at this time in my life.

Bible verse:
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it, But one thing I must do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Phiippians 3:13-14.

Written by Mollie Griffin, GA.