Monday, September 19, 2011

Rewriting History

To make statements such as:  “I wish I hadn’t…” and “If I had it to do all over again…” or “I wish I had only…” are statements of wasted breath.  All the wishing and longing in the world cannot change what is.  What’s done is done.

We can certainly learn through past experiences, but it is impossible to rewrite history.  There is no changing what has already happened; the past is the past.  Some people live their life trying to make amends for earlier periods when certain attitudes dictated behaviors.  Their attempts to turn over a new leaf in their own strength are futile.  

People can change, and some do, but memories never change.  They remain with us forever.  They are what they are, and very hard to forget.  I am not the person I once was, because of a man called Jesus.  In 1969 He changed my attitude, disposition, and the way I treated people when He forgave me of my sins and became my Savior. 

Memories prior to this date are still vivid in my mind, bringing regret and sorrow, but I choose not to dwell in the recesses of intellect.  I try not to live in the past, because of the hurtful pangs of remorse it brings.  With God’s help I’ve learned to close the door to past history, because I cannot change what I was, nor can I take back the things I said and did.

I cannot change what was, but with the Lord in my life, new and better memories are being formed each and every day that I walk with Him.  Do I wish I could change past events?  Absolutely!  But I can’t.  History cannot be rewritten no matter how hard a person wishes they could do so. 

I can only strive to better myself in the present in hopes that people that knew me then will see the good in me today and accept me for the person I’ve become.  My desire is that tomorrow holds better memories of today.  (2 Corinthians 5:17) “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

It is hard to change how people think; their opinions and attitudes; especially those that know our past.  We can only show them that we have changed through the deeds we do today.  It is up to them whether or not they want to accept the new person that we have become or remember the old.

Time has a way of healing bad memories when people observe the good in others.  We must stop trying to rewrite history and allow today to speak for itself rather than living in past memories.  Stop the rhetoric; action speaks louder than words anyway.  As we show improvements through our actions, tomorrow’s memories will sooner or later reveal who we are today.

When a person stops trying to convince others of the changes that have taken place in their life and just live the person that God has changed them into, rewriting history takes care of itself.  People see the good works and learn to love them for whom they have become today.

Written by,
Papa Boyd

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