Memories of the Past

“Never be afraid when God brings back the past,” he said. “Let memory have its way. It is a minister of God with its rebuke and chastisement and sorrow. God will turn the ‘might have been’ into a wonderful [place of growth] for the future.” - Chambers

 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.- Jer.29:11

Memories of the past have a way of causing our minds to wonder what “might have been” How things could have been different if “only if”. What is done in the past often cannot be repaired. We live with the consequences of our decisions. Even when our decisions are made with good intentions, it does not mean that things will always turn out the way we want them to. Leaving memories and moving on in not easy and can often impede us from moving forward. God knows the way we have taken, He knows our past and has brought us to this day to live and once again to believe and trust in Him. He has a plan, and it may not look the way we think it should, but His way is always better. Let us look to the past only to remind us that God has a plan and He will bring us through to a land of fruitfulness.