Ecclesiastes 7:10, do not say, why were the former days better than these? for you do not inquire wisely concerning this.
Most of us tend to live in the past to some degree. Ordinarily that is considered a bad thing to do because you can’t change it. I heartily agree with that.
If you sit down and look at your past, going back as far as you can remember, you will run across things that are a bad memory. Even as children we do things we’re not happy about later. You can go all the way through life from say the first grade all the way to the present time. Most people say, if I knew what I know now, I would do it differently. Well, my friends this is where looking at it differently comes in handy. Consider what you would do if you had Jesus back then, and you will probably see how many important things in your life that didn’t turn out exactly what you would have liked, would be different.
If you apply the lessons taught by Jesus you know now, you can probably find many situations that would have turned out the way you would have been happy about years later. Well, it is true we cannot go back and do it all over. But here comes the good part. If you have been saved you are living in the Christ part of History.
Philippians 3:13, brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended but one thing I do forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.
All of us have a chance to apply what we know and do it right from today on. Someday, the time we are living in now will be in the past. The big difference now would be when you look at the past, and apply what you know now about the Lord, things will be totally different, and it will be positive and filled with the good things that the blessing of God has provided to you. This time you will realize how blessed you have been.
Well, my friends it doesn’t matter what age you are now. All of this applies to you as well as to me. I look back at many years where things could have been very different if I had known better. I don’t deal with the past anymore. I only use my past life as a kind of history book to help me for the rest of my life. Knowing what I messed up, and putting in the love of Jesus for me, I can have the rest of my life as something to be proud of.
In a nutshell this is the way I look at things now. I will never ever in my lifetime look back and condemn myself for all my mistakes. Remember you are never too old to start again and do it right. Jesus loves you, and He’s always with you, and you have His word on it. He said He will never leave you nor forsake you. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!
Remember Jesus loves you.
Prayer of Salvation.
My Lord Jesus Christ, I thank you for what you did on the cross for me. Your blood washed away all my sins, by your stripes I was healed, your death and Resurrection brought me salvation. Please forgive my sins and come into my heart as my personal savior. Amen
Praise The Lord!
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