Random thoughts....

Interesting thoughts rolling around in my brain...I tried to find this verse on my own and couldn't and late, very late last night, at ladies group we found it...

Here it is in a few different translations...I personally like the NASB version the best...it kind of explains a lot in simpler terms...cause I am a simple person!! LOL...

Isaiah 43:18-19

The Message
"Forget about what's happened; don't keep going over old history.Be alert, be present. I'm
about to do something brand-new. It's bursting out! Don't you see it?There it is! I'm making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands.

Amplified
18Do not [earnestly] remember the former things; neither consider the things of old. 19Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you
not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

NLT
18 “But forget all that— it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. 19 For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the
wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.

NASB
18"Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past. 19"Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.

So, a few things that have been rolling around my brain...I have a memory problem...I don't tend to remember a lot of things from the past. I do, there are some that I just can't forget, I have gotten over a lot and I feel like I am a person to forgive, but I always thought it was forgive but never forget. I also find that I choose to not talk about a lot of the things in my past, whether they are good memories or bad memories.

I really have just had it on my heart that when you receive salvation it is always out there that your sins are forgiven, and your past is gone...you are a new creation:

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!!

But, what about the rest of your past life. As I said, the sins are forgiven, the "bad past" is gone, but what about people who choose to live in the good past...where not a day goes by without something coming up. Do any of these scriptures tell us to forget and put off things of the past, good or bad? I think it is hard to forget all the past, but what about dwelling on the past.

Like, living in the moment of a great victory? Does that in any way hinder our walk, and what could be given to us? Like the scriptures I put above, Isaiah 43:18. Before we get to the part where it says Do not call to mind or ponder on things of the past, God is saying everything that He has done...He made a way through the mighty waters, He brought forth chariots etc... and then He goes on to say " NASB18"Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past. 19"Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert." and He continues to say all the things that He is going to do, what we can look forward to.

So, is it correct then that if we are continuing to live in the past, or dwell on the things of our past, good or bad, then we will not see the great works that can come?

Anyhow, my random post for the day...I would love some input on this topic!!