Dear past:

Most of us cringe at the thought of you. I think taking a different approach this time might help with a definition.

Me.

You tried so hard in many ways to emotionally hurt and literally kill me. You’ve stayed in my mind for far too long, as a negative scene. There were many times the pain associated with you brought tears and fears.

If you weren’t so difficult though, I may not be at the point in my life that God needs me to me in. See sometimes it’s easy to forget that you’ve also happened to help us. Those struggles made me stronger. Those heartaches taught me how not to treat others; so they wouldn’t have to feel the same awful pain. Being put in tough situations made me a fighter. Want to know the ironic thing looking back? It was all in God’s plan to help mold me into the “me” He needed me to be. So thank you! You happened to defeat me, but God took control and now you’ve happened so that I can shine a light in dark places. Those same places you tried to hold me down.

Past, you now work for me, not against me.

Prayer: 

When we’ve been hurt, or hurt others its difficult to allow you to take those thoughts and turn them around for good. Please continue to work in our lives in a way that shows your turning it around. Don’t let us give up, or give in. In Jesus name. -Amen