I have written before about the importance of staying focused on the present. Although it is important that we learn from the past it is also important that we don't stay focused on the past. In my current situation, it would be very detrimental to my progression if I kept looking back. My life has changed dramatically over the past 18 months and yes, some very poor decisions in my past have left me with consequences. But, just because I made a mistake doesn't mean I'M a mistake. I cannot allow my mind to linger on thoughts from my past mistakes. I am a new person with new opportunities. As we go through trials and face them head on, we will begin to change. If we allow ourselves to change we will no longer need to focus on the past. Our futures are bright and filled with hope. Our Heavenly Father has provided a way for us to return to him and it is through repentance. Repentance helps to heal pain, but most of all it helps us to rid ourselves of our past mistakes.
God has too much in store for us to be lingering in the past and focusing on our mistakes. He wants us to come to him and be clean. We don't need to dwell on our past to find this. Just don't look back and look to the Savior instead.
Matt, we have a mutual friend on FB, Chrisi Whitney, and I saw that she was in a relationship with you so I looked you up. She was in my ward for a little bit in Las Vegas, and I was her visiting teacher. She moved out quickly, and I learned that she was getting divorced, and I had just recently gone through a divorce, so I hoped everything was okay with her.
ReplyDeleteSomehow I ended up on your blog, and you have a beautiful testimony. I have read several of your posts and know that you have gone through so much to get to where you are. I was married for 4 years when my marriage unraveled before my eyes. My ex husband had been unfaithful to me, and I discovered that it had all stemmed from a pornography addiction that he had struggled with our entire marriage. I had never known about it. He completely lost himself to it, and nothing could bring him back to me. Not our 2-year-old, not the baby in my belly. I always wished then that he could see what he meant to Heavenly Father and what he meant to me. I was completely devastated to lose my husband to sin. He didn't want to get help and didn't want to change or be active in the church anymore, so after 8 months of fighting for him we were divorced.
I don't think he has ever had the change of heart that you've had, but he is doing better. I am sorry for what you lost in the past, but the Lord makes up for our losses. I'm sure your blog is a blessing to so many to see what sort of change is possible in a person. It is apparent that the Lord has truly lifted you up out of the deepest despair, and I don't even know you but am so happy for that change that has taken place in you. I know how much Heavenly Father loves His children, and I know that He rejoices to have you back and helping to strengthen His kingdom.
You are so open and honest about your trial and I respect that so much. I'm going through some things and in all sincerity, how do you move on from the past? I feel like I will never be able to forgive myself and I know I need to. My family needs me to. Your story amazes me. Thank your for sharing and helping people like me get through my trials
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