Looking Back

I've always heard and I'm sure you have to, that we shouldn't look back on our past but keep moving forward towards the future.  Well, I got that, but this morning I did some reflecting.  From time to time, I'll revisit my past...just to see how far I've come.  When I look back on my past, I gain a new sense of gratitude.  I look back at the person I once was...one that was filled with so many toxins, hurt, and garbage.  Damaged emotionally, mentally, and even physically, that person seemed to be beyond repair.  It's amazing even how I overcame so much.

It's in appreciating my past that I am able to sit here today and profess to be a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17).  I learned that it was in the beauty of my past that assisted in God's formation of who I am now.  The only thing I had to do was accept that and allow Him to do the work. 

So even while I sit in the present now, making moves towards the future, I don't ever want to (and neither should you) reject or deny my past...where I was and came from.  My past serves as a testament of God's hand and His amazing ability to renew and restore all things new! (Revelation 21:5).

Be blessed today!