Pieces of Our Past

[~Shalhevet~]

Do you ever come across something or someone that reminds you of your destructive life before you came to Christ? How do you handle it?

I just recently came across a bunch of nasty poems I wrote and it's heartbreaking. It seems like it was a totally different person writing these poems. I think it was.

There is also someone in my life that likes to bring up past incidences. I get upset, but I really should be praising God that those sins are no longer with me. It's difficult though. Much of me would very much like to forget the terrible things I did.

[OneLight]

The parts of my past that do not honor God, I discard. There is no need to aid the enemy in his reminding us of how wretched we were, our memories do that enough. As for old acquaintances that do Satan's work through them, I no longer have anything to do with them unless God leads me to them for His purpose.

[Believer1997]

You are a new creation in the Lord now. Throw away all those things which are not who you are anymore... Do not dwell on them - Onelight is right.. Unless God leads you to re-visit an old acquaintance - don't. God Bless.

[Rick-Parker]

You can turn the bad things you've done and the bad people you have known into evidence of how a personal relationship with Jesus Christ can change one's life and make them a new person.

[OneLight]

Yes, you can, but be wise to what you share and who you share it with. What Christ did for you is a pearl, a precious pearl.

Matthew 7:6

[Fez]

Good question. If I was to let the past, my past, affect me in an meaningful way, I would have gone mad long ago.

I do use some incidents to remind me of who I was if I find myself in danger of "reverting". I stood on the edge of a black pit so often, I promised myself I would never return there. So I know the danger signs and am on constant alert for them. I don't let them control me one iota now, I use them to my advantage.

[wyguy]

Do you ever come across something or someone that reminds you of your destructive life before you came to Christ?

Yes. I call him the circuit court judge.

How do you handle it?

Slipping him a couple Andrew Jacksons makes most of the bad go away...

[Believer1997]

Do you ever come across something or someone that reminds you of your destructive life before you came to Christ?

Yes. I call him the circuit court judge.

How do you handle it?

Slipping him a couple Andrew Jacksons makes most of the bad go away...

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[~Shalhevet~]

It makes me very upset when someone brings up my nasty past. But I want to stop getting upset because me being upset does not glorify God. I am going to try my hardest to instead give praise each and every time that ugliness is put in front of me again.

I've tried to use my testimony to bring people to Christ but I think I've failed. Maybe my testimony isn't good enough. I just recently shared my story with a family member who is pagan. I want so desperately for her to turn her life to Jesus but she says she believes in many gods and goddesses. The thing is she has many mental illnesses which I used to have. Mine have completely vanished and hers just get worse. I think she has a new diagnosis every year. Why can't she see that her religion isn't working and that mine (the real God) does! He can heal her of all these problems but she just doesn't see it.

Anyway, sorry I've rambled. The poems I recently came across were so terrible. I wish I could share them here but I don't think anyone (myself included) would appreciate them. Satan definitely had a tight grip on me.

[wyguy]

I've tried to use my testimony to bring people to Christ but I think I've failed. Maybe my testimony isn't good enough. I just recently shared my story with a family member who is pagan. I want so desperately for her to turn her life to Jesus but she says she believes in many gods and goddesses.

It's the Gospel that brings people to Christ. Don't get into a huge debate with her, just ask her if she thinks she's a good person, she'll no doubt say she is (the Bible says all men proclaim their own goodness) then take her through the 10 Commandments and ask her if she has ever lied (false witness) stolen (even if it's something small) committed adultery (Jesus said if you lust you've committed adultery in your heart) etc. Show her in God's eyes she is not a good person and that she has violated His Laws. Then ask her, in light of her own admisssion of guilt, does she think God will then send her to Heaven or Hell when she dies?

If she is broken at heart over her sins, then take her through the good news of the Gospel.