Forget the past

Shalom Shalom!
Recently, a few weeks ago, I was praying and worshipping God. And while I was doing so, I believe He told me to read Isaiah 54.

It was talking about the LORD who will restore Yisrael and will make her whole.
As I was reading it, a verse caught me and touched me.

Isaiah 54:4-5
"Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called."

God loves us so much that even though He turns away from us in anger for a while, He still turns to us again in LOVE and COMPASSION.
He knows that we are weak and incapable of many things which when we do, will make us sad and dissapointed.

In verses 4-5... what struck me was that He said that we will forget the shame of our youth!
And that reminds me of what St. Paul said in his epistle to the Philippians

Philippians 3:13
Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead...

Actually, lately i was dwelling much in the past but i thank God in Christ Jesus that He has reminded me to forget the past and move on because He has come to make all things new and give us life more abundantly!! Halleluyah!!

If you have been sad, depressed and dissapointed because of your past, look to Jesus and ask the HOly Spirit to help you forget the past and move forward with Him.
He will help you when you call to Him with a thirsty heart. He will fill you anew with strength for each day as you continue to seek Him and learn how to dwell in His presence
(which i am learning now too! ^_^")

GOd bless you richly in Christ JEsus!!