How To Get over Your Past.

Isaiah 51:11 says'...they shall obtain joy and gladness;sorrow and sighing shall flee away'.All of us have chapters we wish we could rewrite.Dr Harold Bloomfield says,'unresolved emotional pain wreaks havoc on your immune system,cardiac function,hormone levels,and other physical functions.We must make peace with our past because our life may literally depend on it.'To get over your past you must,first ask,'How did it make me stronger?

What do i know now that i didn't know then?'Don't focus on what you lost,but on what you gained.Second,understand the differences between guilt and shame.Guilt is feeling bad about what you have done-it's healthy;shame is feeling bad about who you are-it's toxic and debilitating.All of us have things we'd like to change about ourselves.Third,stop punishing yourself with the 'if only's'.After stumbling badly and having God pick him up,David wrote,'Happy is the person whose sins are forgiven...whom the lord does not consider guilty...'{psalm 32:1-2}forgive yourself;God has.Finally,move from pain to gain.Healing takes time,so expect some anger,fear and sadness.Don't disown them;they are part of the process.But don't adopt them either;know when it is time to move on.You can't walk backwards into the future,and the future God has in mind contains more happiness than any past you can remember.

..BEHOLD,I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW...'REVELATION 21:5.Your past can either be an albatross around your neck,or the wind beneath your wings.so,run on sentence accept what happened,if you don't,you'll keep reliving it.Rehashing old hurts is like watching the same movie over and over,hoping for a different ending.It's not going to happen!Learn from it and move on.You don't drown by falling into the water,you drown by staying there.Get out of the blame game.Blame is a waste of time.When you blame yourself you multiply guilt,chain yourself to the past,and increase your already low self-esteem.When you blame God you cut yourself from his power,doubt replaces trust,and you put down roots of bitterness that make you cynical.When you blame others you add to the distance between them and your,and lose the only option that works-forgiveness.instead,trust the One who promise to'make all things new',and move FORWARD.