To be able to move on, one has to learn to forgive not only the person (or people) who have done one wrong but also oneself. ~ Eugenia Tripputi
This past Sunday, my pastor spoke on how we, as Christians, need to learn to let go of our past mistakes and stop beating ourselves up over them because God has forgot them all when we ask for forgiveness. Further, he said that we cannot begin to receive our future while dwelling on our past. I had never before heard a sermon more needed in my life.
For some time now I have been mentally abusing myself for the errs I have made in my lifetime. I have been continually dwelling on what has happened--not what could happen, or what I would like to happen. As a result of this sermon, I have decided to try to move past the wrongs I have done and those done to me, and focus my attention on the future expecting good things.
Truthfully, I have been so caught up in all the things wrong with my life that I have been unable to see the good in the here and now or the possibility of a brighter tomorrow. For my own well being, I need to let it all go and rely on God's promises that He will never give me more than I can handle and that He will direct my paths, if I will trust in Him.
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