WHAT TO FORGET AND WHAT TO REMEMBER

 (Excerpt from a Message by Rev. Laurie Idahosa)

Isaiah 43:18 says remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old and Isaiah 46:9 says remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me. 

It seems contradictory that God says don’t remember the past and he also says remember the past; but it is not. When God says remember the past He is saying remember the joys, victories and successes of the past. The things He did in your life. And when God says forget the past the things He wants you to forget are the pains and failures of the past.

There is no woman who focuses on the pain she went through during her child birth. What she focuses on is the joy that a child has been born into the world. What you choose to remember and focus on will affect your ability to be strong and move forward with your life. You must deliberately decide what you will remember and what you will forget from now on.