Comments on: Looking Forward

By: Aaralee Decambra

Aaralee Decambra — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:07:34 +0000

I am the same way looking back to the past for comfort, when you really can’t find comfort from a past that was hurtful. I have to learn to let go and let God take care of my burdens and past! I loved the articl! Thanks!!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:27:32 +0000

A rhema word is always relevant ! This article was published last year yet it has pricked my heart to 7/1/2010. I am like everyone else life has dealt me hurt some I am having difficulty letting go . But what is ringing in my mind is the metaphor of the nun and ruler and her telling you to look forward . Thank you for that example I will remember that for the rest of my life. Looking back can cause you to a) Not see the beauty of what life has for me b) I can crash and burn because I did not see the obstacles before me . C) I will never make it to my destination because I can not follow the path set before me . WOW !!! I am dealing with a loss of a relationship and although it hurts i must let him go with the understanding that what God has for me it for me . I do not have to fight to keep it or beg for him to see the beauty that I possess . Thank you so much for sharing your insight !

By: LJ

LJ — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:36:52 +0000

It’s harder than it should be for me to let go of past hurts and disappointments — and as hard as I try — I slip back, even though I tell myself I am so fortunate to really have so much in my life overall…the thoughts still play over and over like a broken record sometimes — like they have a mind f their own. The idea that doing that is like always looking in a rearview mirror and not really driving the car — and maybe even crashing the car because you are fixated on what’s behind you… this is a very powerful image for me. Even though I know this myself, and tell myself this same thing over and over, sometimes a visual is very powerful….a powerful “default” thought to refer to when you find yourself heading in the wrong direction yet again. i am going to conjure that image up the next time I am replaying the bad stuff and feeling a little lost and sad. Thank you.

By: Layka

Layka — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:19:15 +0000

Man, talk about hearing Him! This has really touched home with me and my current situation. I can’t describe what this has validated for me in words. I didn’t think I would be able to hear Him and today He spoke to me through this article. I’ve asked the question in Psalms 13:2. Even today I thought of that very question. I’m facing a major trial in my life to where I felt that I would be better off not even being here. I know that is the wrong way to think. I must look forward! God is good and I shall praise Him for all the good and all the bad. I will not allow this to ruin who I am. I will raise up, learn from my current situation and be grateful for all His blessings! Wow!! He is AWESOME! I have joy in my heart! I am forgetting former things and I will not dwell on the past!!! Glory be to God! Thank you much! I was drawn to this article and I’m glad that I was!

By: sabrina

sabrina — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:20:22 +0000

i to get stuck in the past. i loved your article, it is hard to let the past go but we have to let go and let God

By: ibis listes

ibis listes — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:10:54 +0000

Hola Brenda Dios te Bendiga, soy madre y nunca he tenido una experiencia como la tuya y le pido al senor que nunca la tenga, pues todas las madres nunca estamos preparadas para una situacion como la que has tenido que pasar, pero si tengo unos amigos que le asesinaron un hijo de 18 anos, fue un momento muy dificil que nunca quisiera recordar, quiero decirte que esa madre perdono a la persona que asesino a su hijo, en muy corto tiempo, ella se ha dedicado su vida al senor, para el padre no ha sido nada facil ya han pasado 3 anos y el sigue igual de dolor y sin perdon, incluso a traicionado a su esposa, el no esta en el camino del senor, esa senora a pasado no solo por la perdida de su hijo sino que tambien por la traicion de su esposo y se ha mantenido firme en la palabra de dios, pues su hijo en el momento que murio, estaba muy activo en la iglesia, mientras que el resto de la familia no, ella tuvo un sueno a los pocos dias de perder su hijo, que el dia mismo que me conto el sueno despues estaba estudiando en la biblia y el senr me llevo hasta Apocalipsis 3-8 al 11, si lo lees, ese fue el exacto sueno que ella tuvo, el senor confirmo que ese muchacho murio porque el lo permitio para salvacion, busca de Dios, confia en su palabra no se mueve ni una hoja en un arbol si el no lo permite, orare por ti, y trata de poder orar tu tambien, habla con Dios como si estuvieras hablando con tu amigo mas intimo, pues el es tu amigo mas intimo, dile que no puedes con el dolor y que necesitas que te preste tu corazon porque con el tuyo no puedes, ten mucha fe y veras como todo va a ser diferente, quisiera volver a saber de ti, Dios te Bendiga mucho. Amen.

By: brenda

brenda — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:57:54 +0000

So close to home.. My son was killed and the holiday’s are so so hard. I can’t go forward its so hard. I my thoughts are I could have been there I should not sent him there, but i know that god has taken him to a better place. I can’t think straight most of time and I can’t keep crying to people they think i’m just using it for a escape. I pray I Pray I pray I want his soul to rest. i can’t move forward.. please pray for me………… I love your post’s
it helps a lot Thank You

By: Sheila

Sheila — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:28:47 +0000

Today, your post hit home.. I go to court on the 3rd of Dec. for divorce. Tears well up in my eyes and I don’t know how to move forward. I truly do feel like David. I feel like a child curled up in God’s lap asking Him to hold me cause I can’t feel Him. It is 25 yrs of my life that just seems to fill me full of hurt and mental anguish. I read your post everyday and it gives me hope and inspires me to seek God. Thank you for that. I keep tryin to run but to no avail.. I keep ending up right back where I started. How do I even begin?

By: kimberly

kimberly — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:06:22 +0000

Baggage is a pretty good visual metaphor…we may need to up-pack that baggage: unlock it, unzip it, open up each compartment, and let the light of the Lord illuminate it and reveal what needs to be uncovered, so that it CAN be unpacked, and HE can cleanse it all, and we can put the memories on the shelf, and allow ourselves to travel light. Because that baggage is not going to empty itself, and it only gets more filthy as time passes, if we do not approach it and take care of it with the Lord at our side. Then we are free to focus the eyes of our heart and be fully attentive as we look ahead to the new thing he is doing…for He is our passport to all the things he has planned for our future.

By: jeanie

jeanie — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:50:17 +0000

you know… its kinda funny… you think you are looking ahead and without realizing it- something happens in your life that brings some things from the past to the forefront of your thoughts. Brings insecurities that you thought had long been overcome. I guess we become vulnerable and that in itself is kinda scarey but kind of exciting at the same time. I like the things you say… makes me realize that to move forward… I need to let go of the past once and for all. I am starting to realize… i never actually overcame past hurts… i just built a wall around them and pretended they did not exist. I need to check old ‘baggage’ at the door… look forward… and never look back… Eyes forward ms jeanie…
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