Over the past few months, I have dealt with giving up a lot of things that I don't want to let go of. So much so that I let these things absolutley consume me. I have always over analyzed things, so it is really hard for me to get past something that I don't understand. I have prayed and asked God to help me move on from things I have no control over, but I still found myself obsessing over things that I will not ever be able to change. 

In Philip. 3:13-15, Paul says: "Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.  All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you."

Paul says that the first step in moving forward is forgetting what is behind.

Sometimes our past is filled with some huge hurts and letdowns.  You may have been physically, mentally, or emotionally abused. You may have been the child of divorce or been divorced yourself. You may have made a serious mistake and hurt someone (All too guilty of this). You may have lost a loved one in a tragic accident. You may have been rejected so many times you feel as if you will never be accepted. 

The mind feasts on what it focuses on, and you can figure out what a person is feasting on by just listening to what comes out of their mouths. 

There will always be bad days, bad things will happen, and I will be rejected and hurt many more times in the future. But I have realized that God sent Jesus who loves us constantly and will always stay the same- even through all the bad things that life can bring. God is good at being God, and nothing that we do can change that. 

So I am letting myself let go. I am letting go of things I can't change because there is no future in living in the past. I encourage you to do the same- let it go and let God.