“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great
a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so
easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that
was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at
the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2 KJV
It encourages us to think of life as a race and
leave behind anything that would encumber us in participation of this way of
life. We are to lay aside the things encumber us. One of these things is our
past and our past mistakes and sins. One of the things I end up dwelling on
with all the time I have on my hands is my past. I spend too much time thinking
of "if I had done this thing to be different" this first encourages
me to leave that behind and press on toward the calling we have in Christ. This
is probably one of the hardest areas for me to deal with. I think back to my
childhood, teenage as well as adult and spend too much time figuring out what I
did wrong. I need to focus on the good in my life now and now I
can live to please him. He knows this in that so easily beset us and I'm glad I
am forgiven.
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