our past is what shapes and molds us. we all have pasts. we have good and bad things that we have either been influenced by, or that we have done ourselves. one of the books that i have been reading is called "building the christian family you never had" by mary e. demuth. there is a great chapter in here about dealing with your past.
i don't really know if everyone deals with their past, or even their childhoods. GOD tells us to move forward and let go. GOD also wants us to deal with our pasts, so that we can fully leave all things behind to let HIM in. there is a passage in luke that says we must leave all behind to follow HIM.
57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” 59 He said to another man, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” 61 Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” 62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” luke 9:57-62
the harsh reality of this is that we have to put HIM first above all things; including our family. i was thinking about this yesterday and how really hard that is to do. dealing with our emotional baggage whether it be good, or bad is a tough thing. when we become adults not only we are asked to leave physically from our parents, or others that have raised us we are asked to leave them emotionally as well. GOD wants all of you.
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