Don't look back...

 I watch several different pastors podcasts and sermons online.  I am constantly trying to learn all that I can about God.  I enjoy hearing others perspectives on theology.  Some are a little out there, but honestly our interpretation of the Bible is simply that, our Interpretation.  We read the Bible and do our best to convey what exactly the message being relayed is.  Understanding the Bible to me at times is confusing and hard to fully comprehend.  A few days ago I was watching one of these sermons and the pastor said something that I couldn't agree with.  I'm not going to go into details, but it had to do with something that has happened in my past and affects many families in this world today.  This statement upset me enough to respond to him online and of course, no response.  I thought about this for days, and caused some sleepless nights.  Then Sunday came and our Pastor had an amazing sermon on not looking back at your past. Always focusing your aim forward at your target.  That target is God and Jesus Christ.  Being focused on your walk with God, not the things in your past.  After hearing this it gave me the peace I needed.  See, God is a Loving Father and a Teacher in all things.  For me to fully understand this lesson I had to struggle with the weight of my past, and then it being completely lifted from me onto the shoulders of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  You can do the same thing in your life.  Let Jesus take that weight from your past and feel that relief for the first time.  Remember we weren't even meant to carry that burden.  Let Jesus take the wheel and give up that need for control.  Genesis has the story of Lot and his wife.  The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah because it was so full of evil and sin.  God saves Lot and his family , but warn them to not look back.  Lot's wife looks back to see the destruction, desiring her old life and God turned her into a pillar of salt for her simply looking back...  Keep your focus on God and moving forward in your walk with Him.  There is nothing in your past that can save you, but Jesus can.  There is nothing in your past that matters, The Blood of Jesus Christ washed that stuff all away  Accept Jesus into your heart, give Him all that weight of your past.  Be free of all that for the very first time.  Don't look back...