Alesaggio
01-01-2007, 09:01 PM
Remember, We Must Forget
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At the end of a year we often take the time to reflect, to remember many things that that year brought into our lives. This is to be expected - remembering certain things is good.
BUT there are several things as we look back over a year that must be forgotten. Things that need to be disposed of. Not simply placed in a closet to be taken out and dusted off from time to time, fondled and examined, but gotten rid of completely.
We Need to Forget our Resentments.
As the New Year stretches out in front of us like an unmarked page, maybe we?d better take the time to clean our pens before we leave our mark. If somebody did something to you last year, forget it. If somebody said something about you last year, forget it. If someone can make you stoop so low as to hate them, they win. If you can forget only one thing in today, forget the grievances that you have against others whether they be friend or foe and get on with your life.
We need to forget our worries.
Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through our minds, if encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thought are drained. There are two types of things that we worry about, a) things we can do something about, and b) things we can't do anything about. So we ought to do something about the first group and forget the second group.
We need to forget our failures.
Too many people today re paralyzed by the fear of failure. Much like Mark Twain wrote, "The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won?t sit upon a cold stove lid, either."
We can't be afraid of failing because fear of failure becomes the fear of trying. With every attempt comes the possibility of failure. The only impact that yesterday's failures should have on today's endeavors is that they should have made us wiser.
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We need to forget about our victories and achievements.
Victories need to be used just as failures are, as simple lessons of life. We must not become overly satisfied in our gains in spirituality - we have a long way to go to be like Him! Continue advancing!
But simply forgetting isn't enough,
Paul continues to say in Philippians 3:13-14 . . . looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven. It's not enough to let go of the past if you're not ready to stretch ahead and grab hold of the future.
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At the end of a year we often take the time to reflect, to remember many things that that year brought into our lives. This is to be expected - remembering certain things is good.
BUT there are several things as we look back over a year that must be forgotten. Things that need to be disposed of. Not simply placed in a closet to be taken out and dusted off from time to time, fondled and examined, but gotten rid of completely.
We Need to Forget our Resentments.
As the New Year stretches out in front of us like an unmarked page, maybe we?d better take the time to clean our pens before we leave our mark. If somebody did something to you last year, forget it. If somebody said something about you last year, forget it. If someone can make you stoop so low as to hate them, they win. If you can forget only one thing in today, forget the grievances that you have against others whether they be friend or foe and get on with your life.
We need to forget our worries.
Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through our minds, if encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thought are drained. There are two types of things that we worry about, a) things we can do something about, and b) things we can't do anything about. So we ought to do something about the first group and forget the second group.
We need to forget our failures.
Too many people today re paralyzed by the fear of failure. Much like Mark Twain wrote, "The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won?t sit upon a cold stove lid, either."
We can't be afraid of failing because fear of failure becomes the fear of trying. With every attempt comes the possibility of failure. The only impact that yesterday's failures should have on today's endeavors is that they should have made us wiser.
AND
We need to forget about our victories and achievements.
Victories need to be used just as failures are, as simple lessons of life. We must not become overly satisfied in our gains in spirituality - we have a long way to go to be like Him! Continue advancing!
But simply forgetting isn't enough,
Paul continues to say in Philippians 3:13-14 . . . looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven. It's not enough to let go of the past if you're not ready to stretch ahead and grab hold of the future.
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