One of the great things about having a two year old around is not only the fact that at this age they are like little parrots and one has to be extra careful with the things you say or do, but they also show interest in all the Disney movies going around. One of Matthews favorite movies is The Lion King and I also recently discovered that there is a lesson to be learned for all our grownups.

The scene that moves me the most is where Rafiki the monkey hits Simba the lion over the head with a stick. Simba wants to know why he is doing that and Rafiki replies that it does not matter because it is in the past. Simba then says that it still hurts, and this made me wonder; how many of us are allowing our past and the things that happened in our past to keep us from the future.

I don’t want to get married again because my previous husband was such a bad man, or I cannot have a successful career because my parents never sent me to university. I won’t be a good mother because I had an abortion when I was younger. We allow our past to haunt us and keep us from the things that rightfully belong to us.

It is in mans nature to sin and do things that we regret but why do we allow these things to dominate our lives. How many great opportunities have passed us by because we are not willing to let go of the past. People always say that history repeats itself, but isn’t the reason for this because we fear our past and use it to live our lives. Many people based their future on the past. How many people are living exactly the same lives as their parents. They work for a boss, or they run their fathers business even-though they hate it. How many of us are doing exactly the same jobs our parents did? I am one of those people, because my parents were teachers and I grew up in that environment I became a teacher.

We cannot change the past. Those are the things that happened whether it is good or bad. It is behind us. We came out the other side sometimes broken and in pieces and other times alive and we feel great about ourselves. I was one of the people that allowed the past to rule my life for a very long time. I was to afraid to try things and do things because I allowed the things of the past to govern me. It was only when I met my husband that he taught me that life is about living now and today and not in the past. If I did not take that step and went on that “blind date” I would not have met the perfect man and I would not have received the gift that God was about to give me. We so often ask God to change our circumstances, and He does he give us the key to unlock the chain that is holding us back. We must just see the key as a key and unlock the lock to free us from our baggage.

We are almost at the end of the second month for 2008, maybe it is time for us to live in the present and forget the past. The past is behind us and we cannot change that. The future is in front of us and we cannot live it yet. The important moment is here and now - let’s live it.

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