I was looking back over the many blogs I have written for Jesus Cousin and I have found that I have done a lot of confessing. I have mentioned things about my life that would never come up in a normal conversation. And though I have mentioned very personal things, admitting and sharing my stories have been therapy for me. It has help me face many situations in my life that I wanted to just go away. Truth is, things that you do not face head up do not go away. They linger. They haunt you. God allows you to experience certain things to to teach you a lesson and to make you stronger.
I encounter many people who have things in their past they do not want to talk about. What people do not realize is by not learning from mistakes or addressing your past it could be hindering from being happy and moving on. One thing recently I had to do was explore a time in my past where I was in an abusive relationship. It was a time in my life that I felt lower than low. After I got out of the situation, I tried to ignore and even deny it ever happen. The more I tried to bury it, the more it would effect my life. It effected my interaction with men, it made me want to drink excessively, it turned me into an anti-social person. All this in an attempt to forget about it. What I realized I had to do was face it. I had to talk about it to make it real that it happened. I had to forgive not only him, but forgive myself as well. Then I had to learn from it. Next thing was to tell someone else what I went through to help them in their walk.
Holding on to things can and will effect your relationship with the Lord. That is something that you do not want to happen. I encourage you to begin confessing and talking to God about the things you are trying to cover up in your life. He knows all about it already. Acknowledge your past and use it as a way to become stronger.
Leviticus 26
40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
Until Next time...
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