Isaiah 43:18 Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past

Is there anything in your past you wish you could do over? Maybe you’ve been the victim of other people’s wrong choices and have the battle scars to prove it. Or perhaps your injuries have been the result of your own poor decisions.

People tend to define themselves by the sum total of their past experiences—where they’ve been, whom they’ve known, what they’ve done, and even what’s happened to them.

Listen it’s easy to allow your past hurts and pains to influence your present actions but all that will accomplish is a continuing cycle of bitterness and hopelessness that will affect not only you but those around as well.

But the good news is, if we are adopted in God’s family through Jesus’ blood, we don’t have to accept this way of life.

Even if your past has been less than perfect, the beauty of a relationship with God is that your past doesn’t have to affect your future.

Choose today to embrace God’s goodness in your life, forgetting the past once and for all, and looking with hope toward your future.

Thought for Today: When we put our trust in God, our past cannot control our future.