Dwelling in the Past forfeits the future

Can we learn from the past? Are we bound to repeat mistakes that we should have avoided? All good questions, but what do we think about when we study the past? Some would assume that we dwell on the bad stuff, not realizing the good beneath it. Others tell us that dwelling in the past forfeits the future. Maybe it does. We get so focused on what's gone on before that we neglect what's in front of us. That's a huge problem. We can't dwell on the past. We have to move on from it, taking the lessons we learned and applying them.

Some politicians are guilty of dwelling in the past. They tell us that things will go back to what they were before. It's not true. Things will never be the same again. It is God's will that we move on. We can't focus on the past, nor can we wallow in the pit of despair. Yet, some want us to do just that. They tell us daily that the world is falling apart all around us. They tell us that we're doomed, and that if we don't do what they tell us to do...then we're in for it.

I can't believe that. I have to believe that God has a plan for me. I have to believe that he is going to provide for me as he has always provided for me. If I don't, then I'm lost. One thing I have learned is that somewhere along the way we've lost respect for God. We treat him as common, when in fact he isn't. I shudder to think about what will happen once God decides that he has had enough. I pray that he will do as he says, and save his own. I also pray that I will be counted among them.