Stay positive. Sometimes you don't even realize you're blocking your own blessings by thinking negatively and holding on to the past. Learn to let go.

God is willing and able to turn his judgements into joys . . . Don't ever think that the sin of your past means there is no hope for your future.

Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.

The faith that had sustained them through their middle years had gotten as tight as their old clothes. Their views of God, scripture, the church, and the world were all under renovation.

The future will be better tomorrow

Recognizing and confronting our history is important. Transcending our history is essential. We are not limited by what we have done, or what we have left undone. We are limited only by what we are willing to do.

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

I can bring good even out of your mistakes.

YOUR CURRENT SITUATION may feel like a gigantic mistake to you—something you should have been able to prevent. I urge you not to indulge in obsessing about what you could have done differently, for that is an exercise in unreality: The past cannot be different from what has actually occurred. I want to help you make a new beginning instead, starting right where you are.

When I'm troubled by thoughts of hurtful experiences in my past, I'll look for You in those painful memories. You know all about them, and You are ready to meet me there. I can invite You into those broken places and collaborate with You in putting the fragments back together in new ways.

Do not be weighed down by the failures and disappointments of this day. Resolve to begin tomorrow anew, seeking to walk with Me.

Salvation history reveals sin as literally a broken home.