It doesn’t matter where you have been.
What matters to God is where you are now.
For many people, regrets over past behavior follow, and weigh them down, their whole lives. They’re haunted by past sins; they may be stuck in thinking about past imperfections. If so, they don’t feel worthy. And they can’t see what it could take to make the grade; to totally cleanse.
When it comes to what one has done wrong, or failed to do, humans have the memory of elephants.
But what God sees is the now — because in Heaven, there is no past, present, or future. Just this minute; just this second; just now — just who stands before Him this day and moment. So don’t let the devil drag you through mires of the past. He’s an expert at it!
Don’t let others do that, either. For it happens: loved ones — parents, brothers and sisters, spouses, friends, sometimes co-workers — can keep dredging things up, even from childhood. It’s always hanging there. There is no eraser.
But hear well that old advice: when the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future. Move on from anyone who persistently drags and detains you in the shadows.
And that’s what it is: something or someone putting a foot in front of us as we try to walk upright toward God. If we don’t remember past darkness, they remind us. Satan is the great accuser! Or, they try to nudge us into doing it again. If the devil can discourage you, he can weaken you. When we weaken, a portal may open to the infiltration of his minions. And each of them has something with which to taunt or torture us (spirit of guilt, spirit of shame, spirit of inadequacy, spirit of selfishness).
Disconnect from those. Disconnect from wrong connections. Read beyond the preface. Remember that in your life, “the past is prologue.” You have seen huge books that have just a page or two as a preface or foreword? That’s our lives (and afterlives). The preface is only that. Turn the page. When you don’t let go of wrong tendencies, acquaintanceships, and sometimes even friendships — folks who spiritually bring you down — it’s hard to rise.
What matters is today. What matters is how much you care for the person — no matter the inconvenience; no matter the irritation — in the present moment (without however being joined at the hip with someone who is a negative).
No matter how many times you have not loved, if you love now, it’s all good with God.
In His Eyes, you are who you are right now.
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