Get Up, Get Over It, & Move On

I read Isaiah 54:4 in my quite time today - "Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed; neither be disgraced... you will forget the shame of your youth."

As I reflected on this verse I was impacted by a few thoughts... you can't go back and change mistakes you've made in the past. You're not the same person and you will never be the same person again. You cannot re-live your previous marriage, your early childhood, or change your past mistakes. But there are three scriptural steps for getting up, getting over it and moving on:

1. Forgive what OTHERS have done to you (Ephesians 4:32)
2. Forgive YOURSELF for what you've done (Philippians 3:13)
3. Believe GOD has truly forgiven you and act on it (Isaiah 43:25)

Sometimes we hold on to the past because we think there is something there we think we still need. We cling to certian things because we fear we can never replace them. The fact is, God has SO MUCH MORE in store for you. If you've entrusted your future to God, you haven't seen your best days yet. There's more ahead of you than behind you, regardless of your age.

So in God's strength GET UP, GET OVER IT, and MOVE ON!