Rearview

Forget about what’s happened;
    don’t keep going over old history.
Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new.
    It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it?

Isaiah 43:18 

 

I talk with people pretty much every day who seem to be focused on the past.  Now....I'm a huge fan of history and one of my favorite television channels teaching a LOT of history, but here's something we seem to forget...we don't live there anymore!

 

Several people have told me "But you don't know how bad (insert offender's name here) hurt me!"  This is usually said with much anger and volume. Here's my question (and I have to ask this of myself as well): "Okay, that was then, why are you letting them control you NOW?"  You see, we have a habit of trying to carry the past with us into the future.  We fuss about it, get angry every time we replay a situation in our minds, yet we can't or don't want to let it go and stay in the past.

 

Imagine how much less stress we would have if we chose to focus on where we are and where we are going instead of where we've been?