We Change the Course of Our Lives When We Stop Living in the Past!

Habitual fretters refuse to change the course of their lives which is why they see more trouble than others. They are never so well as their neighbors. The weather never suits them. The climate is trying. The winds are too high or too low; it is too hot or too cold, too damp or too dry. The roads are either muddy or dusty. There are a vast number of fidgety, nervous, and eccentric people who live only to expect new disappointments or to recount their old ones.

Our past helps us better understand our present. Taking a hard look at our present also helps us better understand our past.
What keeps us living in our past? Do we deny that we are living in our past? Do people remember us talking about our past or the changes we are making in the course of our life?

We enjoy talking about those people that meant the most to us as we were growing up but is it healthy to feel their loss so much that we continue to haunt the neighborhoods where we used to live? Perhaps we are alone now and yearn for the comfort of their words and our past home. Does this grasp on our hearts prevent us from allowing the people presently around us to comfort and love us now?

Do the beliefs from our childhood about poverty and abandonment cause us to be overachievers in our jobs but underachievers in our personal relationships and marriage? As old friends change the course of their lives, are we able to make new friends or do we keep trying to re-create the bonds that we had with the old friends that are no longer there for us?

When we grow up feeling overly concerned about what others think of us, do we transfer this to how we think God will feel about us? Will our need for love ever be satisfied? Will we always feel lonely and depressed? Will we continue to need acceptance and approval from others as well as ourselves? Will we allow ourselves to grow on a personal level in order to change the course of our lives?

Understanding our past and its effect on our present life can help us change the course of our lives. Through our faith in God, we are free to understand our beliefs that came from our past experiences and determine what role they will play in our lives. We can release our destructive behaviors which lead to even more frustration and create more pain. We can allow ourselves to become important to those that are currently in our lives instead of reserving that love only for those that have already left us. We can become loving again.

By going back to the past to explore the truth about our past lives we are able to grow on a spiritual, mental and emotional level for the present which leads to a healthy future. We need to grow out of our comfort zone and let go of our preconceived notions to be able to love those in our present and allow ourselves to love in the future.

Many people may be inspired by the stories of our past. Some may be encouraged by them. However, we are living today. What are we doing today for our God? What we are doing today is far more powerful than what happened yesterday. In the past, we received from others. Now it is our time to give, to teach, to equip, to encourage, and to love others.

Will you allow God to work through you today? The future may never come. The future has no history or no present reality. The future does not shape us. Today we are the ones to lead so that others may have hope for the future. Today is the gift that we give back to God. Through our giving back, we can change the course of our lives as well as the lives of others.

Amelia Johnson

Seed Newsvine

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