HOW TO LET GO OF THE PAST?
A WONDERFUL ANSWER BY A BUDDHIST MONK
A woman once asked an old Buddhist monk:
“How do I let go of my past?
The memories still hurt me.
The regrets still follow me.
No matter how hard I try, I cannot seem to move on.”
The old monk smiled gently and asked her:
“If you carried a heavy bag of stones on your back for many years...
what would happen?”
The woman replied,
“My body would become exhausted and weak.”
The monk nodded.
“Your mind works the same way.
Every regret, betrayal, heartbreak, guilt, and painful memory you refuse to release becomes another stone you continue to carry.”
The woman asked,
“But how do I stop carrying it?”
The monk picked up a glass of water and held it before her.
“If I hold this glass for one minute, it feels light.
If I hold it for one hour, it begins to hurt.
If I hold it all day, my arm becomes numb and useless.
The weight never changed.
Only the length of time I chose to hold it.”
Then he looked at her and said:
“Your past is much the same.
The pain may be real...
but much of your suffering comes from holding onto it long after the moment has passed.”
The woman lowered her head quietly.
“But I don't know how to let go,” she whispered.
The monk replied:
“You let go by accepting that the past cannot be changed.
By forgiving yourself for who you were when you knew less than you know today.
By understanding that pain often teaches lessons that comfort never could.
And by realizing that you do not have to keep punishing yourself to prove that you have learned those lessons.”
Then he smiled and said:
“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence.
Visit it only to learn...
never to live there forever.”
Sometimes healing is not about forgetting what happened.
It is about putting down the weight you were never meant to carry for the rest of your life.
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When I was Muslim, I used to ask Christians:
“If Jesus was really God, why did He eat, sleep, and bleed like us?”
And honestly, I used to ask it with pride like it was some unbeatable argument.
But later I realized something:
That question was not exposing Christianity.
It was exposing my misunderstanding of what kind of God Jesus claimed to be.
Because the real question is not:
“Why would God become weak?”
The real question is:
“What kind of God would willingly step into human suffering at all?”
Islam taught me about a God who was distant and untouchable.
But Christianity introduced me to a God who stepped into hunger, exhaustion, grief, pain, betrayal, blood, and suffering with us.
And suddenly His humanity stopped feeling like weakness to me.
It became proof of love.
If Jesus ate, it means He came close enough to experience hunger beside us.
If He slept, it means He embraced the exhaustion we carry.
If He bled, it means He did not stand above suffering watching us from a distance.
He entered it Himself.
Philippians 2 says Christ emptied Himself and took on flesh.
Not because He stopped being God, but because He wanted humanity to finally see what God is actually like.
And it turns out God is willing to suffer for the people He loves.
That changed everything for me.
Because every other religion demanded sacrifice from humanity.
Jesus became the sacrifice Himself.
And no prophet in history ever claimed that.
Good morning, brothers and sisters.
The sun rose today because God commanded it to. Your heart kept beating through the night because His mercy sustained you. The breath in your lungs is not an accident. The beauty of the morning sky, the singing of birds, the warmth of coffee, the laughter of children, the love of family, the forgiveness of sins, the promise of eternal life through Jesus Christ... all of it points back to the goodness of God.
We live in a world filled with chaos, evil, anxiety, and death, yet above it all sits the Lord Almighty upon His throne, unchanged, undefeated, and overflowing with glory. He is still saving sinners. He is still answering prayers. He is still sanctifying His people. He is still building His Church. He is still faithful even when we are weak.
Never lose your sense of wonder at who God is.
He created galaxies with a word, yet He also knows every private burden in your heart. He is holy beyond comprehension, yet through Christ we are invited to call Him Father. He would have been perfectly just to condemn us for our rebellion, yet instead He sent His Son to bear wrath in our place so that we could be forgiven, adopted, cleansed, and made new.
There is no one like our God.
No politician can save like Him. No philosophy can comfort like Him. No false religion can compare to Him. No earthly pleasure can satisfy like Him. Jesus Christ truly is "the way, and the truth, and the life" (John 14:6).
So today, rejoice in tbe Lord! Repent of sin. Open your Bible. Pray with sincerity. Love your family. Work hard in tbe name of Christ. Forgive others. Worship our Triune God. Tell someone about the Gospel. And do not walk around defeated as though God has abandoned His people.
The tomb is still empty.
Christ is still King.
And the goodness of God still fills the earth.
He who has Christ dwelling in him can want nothing that is truly necessary for his soul.
The believer may lack money, health, comfort, friends, strength, or earthly security. But if Christ is ours, we are not poor in the deepest sense. We have the One in whom all the fullness of God dwells, the One who is our life, righteousness, peace, wisdom, and hope.
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want” (Psalm 23:1).
This does not mean the Christian has no earthly needs or sorrows. It means no earthly lack can rob him of his greatest possession. Christ does not merely give blessings. He is the blessing. He does not merely bring life. He is our life.
“When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory” (Colossians 3:4).
If Christ dwells in us, we have forgiveness for guilt, grace for weakness, strength for suffering, wisdom for the road, and hope beyond death. The world may take much from the believer, but it cannot take Christ.
“My God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19).
So let the soul rest here. To have Christ is to have enough, even when everything else feels uncertain. For the one who has Him has the treasure that cannot be lost.
@adgirlMM Especially if they’re too long, and get under your shoes when you’re walking. Really sucks to be wearing wide bottom jeans in the rain walking through puddles
Many Christians are trapped in the same thoughts every single day.
The same fear.
The same worry.
The same mental battles.
The same “what if” scenarios playing over and over again in their head. And no matter how badly they want peace… they cannot seem to shut off the intrusions.
Their mind feels stuck. Tormented. Exhausted.
Some people are carrying conversations that never happened. Arguments they imagine. Disasters they fear. Outcomes they cannot control.
The weight of all that overthinking is slowly stealing their peace and that kind of mental exhaustion is real. But many people are trying to mentally control things that only God can carry spiritually.
The future. The outcome. The unknown. The pressure to hold everything together. And eventually the mind was never meant to live under that kind of constant weight.
“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in You.” Isaiah 26:3
I love that—PERFECT PEACE. Not because life suddenly becomes easy. But because God is still trustworthy in the middle of uncertainty.
Some of us do not need another explanation today. We need freedom from the mental torment. Freedom from the nonstop pressure inside our own thoughts.
God never asked us to predict every outcome or carry tomorrow before it arrives. He asked us to trust Him. And maybe you need to hear this clearly today: You do not have to stay trapped in the storm inside your mind.
God is able to bring peace to thoughts that feel impossible to quiet.
So bring Him the fear. Bring Him the anxiety. Bring Him the overthinking. Bring Him the mental exhaustion. And let God begin restoring the peace your mind has been missing.
Job’s story is a reminder that losing everything doesn’t mean God has abandoned you. There was a season where Job lost so much his comfort, his stability, and the life he once knew. From the outside, it probably looked like everything was falling apart. But God didn’t leave his story there. Job 42:10 says, “The Lord restored the fortunes of Job… and gave him twice as much as he had before.” That verse is powerful because it reminds us that God is still able to restore what felt broken, replace what was lost, and bless you beyond what you thought was possible.
So if life feels heavy right now if you feel discouraged, exhausted, or like you’re holding on by a thread don’t give up. Sometimes God allows uncomfortable seasons to shape you, strengthen you, and prepare you for what’s next. What feels like a setback today may actually be the beginning of God rebuilding your life in a better way than before. Keep praying. Keep trusting. Keep moving forward even when it’s hard. Because when God restores something, He knows how to make it greater than it was before.
At some point, any day, any moment. That final trumpet will sound, and every single believer in Jesus Christ, every single believer who has placed their faith in the finished blood sacrifice of Jesus to wash away their sin, past sin, present sin and future sin will be taken out of this world along with both the dead in Christ and every child under the age of accountability.
In a twinkling of the eye, gone...
Where will you be that day? Will you be taken? Or left here to face the wrath of God?
There is only one sin that will keep you here to face God's judgment. That is Pride.
Pride is what fules your unbelief, which in turn keeps you from believing (repenting) in and accepting the one and only means of salvation. Do you want to escape from God's wrath? Or do you want to face seven years of judgment where the odds of you dying and ending up in hell for eternity are trippled?
Let go of your Pride. whether that is pride in your wealth, career, or political affiliation. Pride in your material possessions, pride in your religion, pride in your own knowledge/education, pride in yourself and your own strength, or even pride in your own sin. Whatever it is, that keeps you from believing in and accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, let go now. Before it is too late.
Believe and be ready. Jesus is your only hope. Your unbelief doesn't change the truth. You will be left behind without Jesus. You will die one day and end up in hell without Jesus. You have no hope without Jesus.
Believe the gospel, place your faith in Jesus Christ today.
1 Corinthians 15:1-4
"1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"
Romans 10:9-10
"9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
This isn't about religion. This is about being in a right relationship with the Holy, loving God of all creation. This is about living for eternity with Him because He wants you with Him for eternity. He loves you, He died for you, He rose from the grave for you. Just believe.
There is no debate. There is no argument. There is only believing the truth or rejecting it. There is only accepting the free gift of salvation or rejecting it. There is only eternity with Jesus in Heaven, or eternity without Him in hell.
The choice is yours, please believe. Be ready.
I have experienced the other side through my NDE and through countless sacred ceremonies where I was shown life review with a level of clarity that the human mind cannot hide from.
There is no denial there.
No ego protection.
No twisting the story to make yourself the victim.
No hiding behind excuses, wounds, trauma, or good intentions.
Only pure, raw truth held inside unconditional love.
I have felt the pain I caused others amplified through their perspective. Not as punishment, but as divine understanding. I felt what my words did. What my actions created. What my unconsciousness rippled into another person’s heart.
And I have also felt the love and kindness I gave others — the moments I barely remembered — and witnessed how deeply they impacted someone else’s life. Sometimes a small act of love, encouragement, protection, or compassion created ripples far greater than I ever realized.
That is what humbled me.
We are not judged by an angry God sitting on a throne waiting to condemn us.
We awaken into the truth of who we are.
We see clearly.
We feel clearly.
And in that clarity, we become our own harshest judge — not because God is cruel, but because the soul cannot lie in the presence of divine love.
The other side is not the hell people fear.
In many ways, Earth is closer to hell.
Here we experience separation, darkness, pain, trauma, confusion, fear, duality, and the forgetting of who we truly are. Here we are tested. Here we are given the opportunity to choose love even when pain tries to harden us.
That is the work.
To purify the heart.
To purify the mind.
To stop justifying the ways we wound others.
To stop carrying hatred like it protects us.
To align with love, peace, humility, forgiveness, and unity while we are still here.
Because one day, every one of us will remember.
Every mask will fall.
Every story will dissolve.
And only truth will remain.
So heal now.
Forgive now.
Love now.
Make amends where you can.
Choose kindness when your ego wants revenge.
Choose humility when your pride wants to be right.
Choose peace when your pain wants to become someone else’s pain.
We do not escape ourselves when we cross over.
We meet ourselves completely.
And the more we align with love here, the more gracefully we return home when the time comes.
Cry for Mercy.
Ask God to forgive you for the things you lost out of ignorance.
Some people lost their marriages because of pride.
Some lost opportunities because of disobedience.
Some lost businesses because they ignored God's warnings.
Some lost their spiritual fire because they became careless in prayer and the Word.
There are battles that did not destroy you because you were weak.
They destroyed things around you because you lacked understanding.
But today, cry for mercy.
Blind Bartimaeus cried for mercy and Jesus stopped for him.
The prodigal son cried for mercy and the father received him again.
Peter cried after denying Jesus and God restored him.
Mercy can restore what ignorance destroyed.
Maybe you are saying:
"Lord, I should have listened."
"Lord, I should have prayed more."
"Lord, I should not have walked away."
"Lord, I wasted years."
Do not remain in guilt.
Run back to God.
His mercy is greater than your mistakes.
Today pray:
"Father, have mercy on me.
Restore the things I lost through ignorance, carelessness, pride, and disobedience.
Heal my spiritual life.
Restore my joy, my peace, my marriage, my purpose, and my walk with You.
Let mercy speak for me in Jesus' name."
Lamentations 3:22-23 ✝️
“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning.”
Type: LORD HAVE MERCY 🙏