I want to give you an example from one of my mentees. She dwells in her past. Read her words and feel her emotional impacts. “…having my daily crying spells and breakdowns again. For whatever reason my brain goes back to the thoughts of all the unreciprocated friendships and attempted relationships I’ve ever felt which is in turn making me feel unlovable and unlikable…”

Note how she blames it on her brain. “… I really don’t understand why my brain stores all this hurt up inside…This contributes to my self esteem issues.”

Dwelling in our hurts from the past keeps us from living vibrantly in our present. As Paul did, we exchange dwelling in the past by staying focused in our present.

Jesus is our Excellent Example. Hebrews 8:12 says, “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” That was quoted from Jeremiah 31:34. The writer of Hebrews was introducing the new covenant, because Jesus made the first one obsolete. We need to let go of our past obsolete hurts and embrace our present now.