Keep Your Past in Your Past

2 Cor 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new.

Are you walking in the new? The new Life in Jesus Christ? Or are you stuck in the past as if someone hit the pause button and the old man just keeps "Instant Replaying" over and over in your head?

So how do we really accept the fact that we are brand new in God's eyes? For me, it's making a new recording and asking the Lord to erase the old one that runs through my brain from time to time. It's a daily battle to focus on the new and not remember on the past old sins, habits, negative thought patterns, and fears. We have to see it from God's perspective. He sees us as His Daughters and Sons. We can go to Him and call Him "Abba Father" ~ "Daddy" ~ and it's sweet music to His ears. God has made the way so easy for us. He sent Jesus to die on a cross and take on all our sin and open the way for us to have direct access to Him. All we must do is repent and put our trust in Jesus. His sacrifice was a free gift to us, but it wasn't cheap grace. Jesus was tortured and died, so we could live.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Will you trust in Jesus today for your salvation? Will you accept His free gift of Life with Him and His Father in everlasting glory? God promises that our sins will be as far as the East is from the West. He'll remember them no more.

Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Rescued by Jesus

This video touched me deeply! Our Lord does battle for us. His promise is true! He'll never leave nor forsake us no matter how far we stray from Him! Please watch this. It will change your life!

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Proverbs 17:22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Laugh at yourself and you'll never run out of material!

I've heard people talk about having a good cry. I never really understood that, because when I cry, I've never known it to be all that good, my nose runs along with my mascara, it's pretty much painful and well, it just ain't pretty at all.

God promises us that all our tears will be wiped away:

Revelation 7: 17 For the Lamb on the throne will be their Shepherd. He will lead them to springs of life-giving water. And God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

God also keeps track of all our tears and puts them in a bottle:

Psalm 56: 8 You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.

For me the cool thing is that God knows us so intimately and wants us to know how deeply he loves and cares for us that he records every single tear we've ever shed and keeps track of the reason for our sorrows as if he needs to prove His love for us. Even our tears are precious to Almighty God. That boggles my mind!

So whether you're laughing or crying, know that our Lord is there. His delight is in you.