What To Do?

Are you willing to admit that you have blown it in the past?  If you say that you haven't, you're lying!  We all have made some major blunders, real clunkers, superior stupid moves.  Many of us have done things that cause us to blush just imagining the reaction of others if they found out.

So...what do we do with out past?  Do we parade it about like a banner?  Do we dig the deepest hole and try to hide it?  Do we just ignore it?  Do we deny it?

Take a look at Acts 9:17.  No, go look at it!  Read it!  The Apostle Paul dealt with his horrible past by knowing he had been forgiven.  In fact, God has declared every believer forgiven through the sacrifice of the ONLY True Perfect Sacrifice, Jesus Christ.  Yet we have a habit of wallowing and whining about the guilt we carry around because of our past. Listen, Christ DIED for your past and ANYTHING less than recognition of this fact makes a mockery of His blood!

"I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins." Isaiah 43:25

What do you do when you've blown it?  What do you do when your past creeps into your mind to bring you the shame the deceiver wants you to feel?  Simple, get on your knees and confess if before God!  And guess what? When you ask forgiveness for that a second time, God has no recollection of it because He's FORGIVEN you!