You Are Where You Are

Read this quote several weeks ago and it's been rattling around my brain since then...

You are where you are right now, and nothing can change the path you've already traveled. Where you're headed, however, is entirely up to you: the next step is yours to decide.

Reminds me of a passage we've talked about before (and an RST also on the subject--thanks Mai and Facho for reminding me about it).

"'Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, even now it shall spring forth.' Isaiah 43:18,19. We can either get stuck in the pain of the past or move on to new beginnings. New beginnings do not ignore or erase the past, but they take us beyond its sometimes devastating hurts. They lead us out of its destructive bondage. The past is a teacher, true, but it is not our master. As someone has aptly said: 'Don't try to run forward while looking backward.'"

Reminds me of Philippians 3 where Paul says much the same thing: don't forget the lessons of the past, but set the past aside, don't let it dominate your thinking about the future, and press on.

Ran across 3 brief thoughts (via e-mail from one of you) along a similar vein, so more on that tomorrow.

You've been prayed for today...