Put the Past....In the Past

How many times do we cheat ourselves of a happy life, simply because we can't forgive ourselves for things we did in the past? Maybe we lose a closeness with our family because we feel like our past is hanging over us. Or we blame ourselves when things don't go quite right because we think that's our punishment for our past....
The thing about it is, if we have asked God to forgive us, then He does, and the wonderful thing about it is....He doesn't remember it anymore!  God chooses not to remember our sins. He chooses never to bring them up again. He doesn't forget because He cannot. But, He doesn't remember them either; that is, He will never bring them up again.  Isaiah 43:25 says, "I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions  for my own sake, And I will not remember your sins."  God doesn't bring our past sins back up to us. The enemy will try to remind you of them, but not God.
We have to learn to forgive ourselves, and do our best to live for God, and the way we grow, is by trying to not repeat the past, but learn from it. God loves us, and we have to love ourselves also. We need to put our past ....in the past... and leave it there.
Don't let your past rob you of your present....and your future.
Love yourself....and most of all...Love God!!! 
.....  Just somethin to think about......
               Keep Smiling :-)