The Past, What Is There?

No matter what mistakes you might have made in the past, there is a future ahead of you. If you keep looking back and gazing into the past you might soon discover that the future has run out on you. Yesterday can be as far or as near as you make it. The fact that yesterday is gone and you cannot relive it means you have to look forward to the future and live in the present. Live in the now, the present, and not in the past. Your past is your yesterday, today is a new beginning and tomorrow is a future to look forward to. Don’t allow the bad events of yesterday to steal from the goodness of today.

Today is a new day, a new beginning, another opportunity to correct yesterday’s errors. I encourage you to try and live your life in the present and not in the past. The past might be full of bad memories, heartaches, sadness and tears but today is another opportunity to put the past behind and move on with your life. Don’t store your past in the future, don’t waste anymore of your life on a street of broken dreams and what could have been, you have to move on now and embrace the present. The present is the here and now, the past is the past, you can't change it but you can make the future better.

Can a farmer water last year’s crops? Certainly not! He has to sow new seeds for a new harvest. Last year’s crops is done and over with. In the same way that a farmer sows new seeds for a better harvest, start a new beginning and sow new things into your life. Make new friends, do something new. Don’t live in the past, it is dull and lonely, come and live in the present. Bury the past like a bucket of ashes and look forward to the future. If you do not bury the past then you are wasting time and opportunity. True peace comes from letting go of the past and embracing the present.

I encourage you today to let go, forgive, bury the hatchet, dry your tears, ask God to heal you and take off the old garment of the past, take off the garment of heaviness and embrace a new day. I know it may not be easy but keep trying. May the peace of God surround you no matter what you may be going through. God bless you as you make an effort to forget the past and live in the present.
(Written by Ladé © 2008 All rights reserved.)