Are you someone who lives in the past? Do you regret some things you said or did? Do you wish you had made better choices in your life? Do you feel like your life could have turned out better? Do you wish certain things never happened to you?

If you feel like your past is not perfect then don’t worry you are in good company. All of us carry baggage from our past that we wish never happened.

You can never go back in time and change what happened. No matter how bad the situation. So do we forget what happened in the past and ignore it like it never happened? No! Not according to the bible. In Isaiah 43:18-19, the Lord says “Do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?”.

God does not want you to dwell in the past but focus on the present. If you are stuck in the past constantly thinking about what could have happened then you will miss out on what God has planned for you now.

2 Corinthians 5:17 says: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new”. Once we accept Jesus Christ our past does not define us anymore. Our life is defined by God and his purposes!

God Bless!