To my precious readers… Today,  I linked with others at The Gypsy Mama , who prompts writers with a word. Today it is GOOD-BYE. Then we have just 5 minutes to let the words flow, unhindered, from our hearts. Although today, I found myself tongue tied and took a bit more than 5 minutes. Then I had to ask, “What is it that I need to say good-bye to, Lord?” And once I had the answer, my tongue untied.

The past. Say “Good-bye” to the past.

My past will hold me captive — if I let it.

The devil uses it. Sometimes, the one he cannot get to deliberately sin, he will hold captive by getting them to remain in the past. Walking with the physical body in the present, while the mind and heart heavy, longing for change impossible, preoccupied with could’ve been and should’ve been.

I cannot changed the past.

My past does not exist, except to remind me of the goodness of God. I must store only the blessings from Him. The days of mourning are over. By faith — to them I say, “Good-bye.”

My past will rob me of my destiny — if I let it.

I must part with the heaviness of past failure and disappointment in myself and others, and embrace grace that is promised ever present. Then, I must offer it freely.

There is no strength for me in yesterday. He promises strength for today. There is no light. I must turn my back on the past, and look forward, greet the present, and abide in it. All of my beginnings and all of my endings are His to hold, and I don’t have to. All of my yesterdays, todays, and tomorrows are in His hands to hold, so I don’t have to.

Today, I hold on to His promises.

Today, His word lights my path on the way before me.

Today, there are new mercies.

Today, the Burden-Lifter says my load is light.

Today, I cast my care.

Today, I enter weightless.

Today, is the day He made.

And today, He makes all things new.