Category Archives: that was then

Friday, August 10, 2018

Pray this Lazaroo with steely-eyed determination:

“From now on…”
(Luke 1:48)

There’s not one blessed thing I can do about the past, Jesus.

No matter how desperately I wish I could change some things

I can’t.

I dare not buy Satan’s lies

telling me it’s too late to turn it around
or tempting me to coast on my past wins.

That was then.
This is now.

It’s not about what I did, said, thought.

It’s all about what I’m doing, saying, thinking

from now on.

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Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“…consider how things were…”
(Haggai 1:15)

That cuts both ways, Jesus.

I could think back to a better time
and get depressed.

Or I could think back to a worse time
and be encouraged.

But one thing’s for sure:

I can’t go back to what once was.

That was then.
This is now.

As I, “consider how things were…”

help me learn from my mistakes
and profit from my successes

while realizing that You and You alone

hold all my tomorrows.

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