The Past Is a Place to Learn From — Not Live In
For the one who keeps looking back, feeling stuck, and wondering if they’ll ever really move on…
We all carry pieces of our past.
Some pieces are light — memories that make us smile.
But others are heavy.
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A moment we wish we could change.
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A person we lost too soon.
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Words we wish we never said.
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A version of ourselves we’re not proud of.
And sometimes, we camp there.
Not physically — but emotionally, mentally, spiritually.
We replay old pain like it’s on a loop.
We hold on to guilt like it’s our name.
We cling to moments — or people — that God is gently asking us to let go of.
And somewhere deep down, we wonder:
“Will I ever be free from who I used to be?”
Then Jesus whispers something simple.
Words He said in Luke 17:32:
“Remember Lot’s wife.”
She was being rescued.
She was being led out of destruction.
But she looked back — and that look revealed a divided heart.
She didn’t want to stay, but she didn’t want to leave either.
And in that one moment, she lost the future that could’ve been hers.
How many times have we done the same?
Frozen in what was.
Afraid to step into what could be.
God’s heart breaks when we get stuck in the very place He’s trying to lead us out of.
Because He knows —
There is life ahead.
There is healing ahead.
There is joy, purpose, freedom ahead.
But we can’t carry yesterday if we want to walk fully into today.
The past is a teacher, not a home.
You are allowed to grieve it.
You are allowed to miss what was.
But don’t live there.
Learn.
Heal.
Grow.
And then — when you're ready, or even before you feel ready — take His hand and move forward.
You are not your worst decision.
You are not the one who got left behind.
You are not the broken version of who you used to be.
You are God’s.
And He’s not finished writing your story.
So let today be the day you whisper back:
“I won’t live there anymore.”
And take one brave step forward.