So I have written about this in my last few
posts quite a bit…and I apologize if I am getting repetitive….but I can’t
really help it right now – my heart feels so led to talk about it more…
There is just something about living in the
truth. About living a life that is genuine.
No ulterior motives – no false pretenses – no
hiding from anything…
I guess I have had several conversations
lately, all with different people…about some pretty heartfelt stuff.
Most people say bringing up the past is a bad
thing…but I don’t think the past is something we should run from – no matter
how much hurt it can bring.
Before I go on…Let me make this clear –
DWELLING IN and OBSESSING OVER the past is in NO WAY healthy. The past is the
past for a reason. You don’t live in it anymore because you are not meant to.
We are meant to heal, grow, and move on – but sometimes…bringing it up again –
allows us to do just that.
I know life is not perfect. And we won’t
always get “closure” in every circumstance like we would like to. But sometimes
we do…and I think those are times where it just all “falls together”
Whether you want Him to be or not – God is in
control. He knows every tear you cry.
When people say that God works every thing
together for His glory…it also means that He works every thing together for
your good.
God heals our heartache and our hurts. He
heals them in ways that we could never imagine…
And sometimes He does that by allowing the
past to be brought up again…maybe after some time so that you are able to see
it from a different perspective or in a different light…maybe so you can
finally see something that you never were able to see before…maybe to serve as
a reminder for why things happened the way that they did…or just maybe so you can
see how far you have come.
Maybe He brings someone else to you to be
there for you while you bring up your past…maybe He gives you someone to lean
on while you work it all out.
Honestly – it’s honesty.
Sometimes we need to talk to someone about a
situation 6 months after the fact to help us process it all. Sometimes we just
need to talk and sometimes we just need someone to sit there and act like they
are listening.
Sometimes we need to reconnect with someone
two years after an incident to apologize for and talk out something that
happened.
And sometimes we just need to cry. No matter
how long ago it all happened…if we feel like we still have emotions from it…it
is best to just be honest with it all and just let it out.
Forgiveness.
It’s being honest and opening up the chance
of forgiveness…towards others and ourselves.
