Comments on: Letting go of the past: how to let go of the past to achieve a peaceful and content life

By: Eren Mckay

Eren Mckay — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:54:51 +0000

Hi Raquel,
Amen sister. If you pray and ask the Lord to help release the hurt and give you the strength, He will give you the answers that you need to hear to be able to be free. Once I prayed for 7 hours straight to forgive someone. It took 7 hours of prayer but I was able to let go and forgive through the grace that He gave me in that prayer time. I cried out to Jesus literally and He came and gave me the strength to forgive.
When we pray and ask Him to explain things to us also this helps very much – since we know that all things happen for the good of those who love God ( and I know that you love Him).
Here’s the Bible verse that says this:

Roman 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

So everything that has happened has a purpose in your life. Every part of it. Even if you can’t see why at this moment you have to believe and trust that there is a why because that verse says so.
Blessings to you sister ♥
In Christ,
Eren

By: Raquel

Raquel — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:15:11 +0000

Hi Erin,

I’m fairly new to your blog but I just had to comment on your topic of letting go of negative history.. I too have been guilty of hanging on to past hurts but I’m more determined then ever to learn how to let go (with the Lord’s help). Harboring past grievances does nothing to enrich the spirit. I want to be “free” of old hurts so that the Lord can come into my heart and spirit and manifest as only He can do. Thank you for your encouragement. May you and your family be blessed beyond measure–filled, overflowing, running over!

Blessings,
Raquel

By: Eren Mckay

Eren Mckay — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:43:08 +0000

@Pete It totally encourages me to know that the Lord used these posts to help you grow in Him. When He told me to start a Christian blog I knew that He would reach His children through it. It’s just a matter of always keeping our minds aligned to His truth and making enough time to do so.
God bless you Pete:-D
In Christ,
Eren

By: Pete Bass

Pete Bass — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:56:38 +0000

Hi Eren,
I came over here for a different link and just had to spend some time reading several of your posts. Thank you for your encouragement. Whenever I need to be lifted up I know that God’s word is the place to go, but sometimes the world beckons and I don’t get there like I ought to. At times like that God has a way to do an end run around me and this time He used your blog.

God bless you Eren,
Pete

By: Eren Mckay

Eren Mckay — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:30:02 +0000

Hi Carol- yes when we embrace change as a natural part of life and decide to focus on the positive we can go so much further and let go of the past.
When we also decide to help others- the Lord ends up revealing certain things to us because we have decided to be an open vessel for Him.
For example just by writing to you right now the Lord gave me an answer to something that I really needed an answer for.
Letting the Lord flow through us is encouraging & inspirational for others and for ourselves.
He does that. The more we give and seek, the more He answers us.
So glad you stopped by- hope you come back more.
Blessings,
Eren Mckay

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 09 May 2009 07:59:15 +0000

Erin
I recently spoke to a man on Thursday night who was seperated from his wife and had hopes of reuniting with her after 22 years of marriage…i could see the pain in his face…i wished him the best and i told him that i had recently come through a divorce after 26 years of marriage…but i told him that he needed to reflect on the positive and all the good that came out of his marriage instead of the bad…i told him that i recently found some photos that had been missing for about 10 years of my ex husband…me….and our children…and when i finally managed to put them together in the photo album according to geneology…it finally came together like a beautiful mosaic of what we once shared as a family and it ministered healing to me…i plan on sharing it with my children on Mothers Day hoping that it will do the same for them…what i thought was so shattered and broken…was really not that shattered and broken at all…change is good…we have to be able to adapt to it…because this earth is not our home…one day we will be leaving to be with Jesus…we cannot love this world more than we love him…in the end this gentleman was very thankful for what i shared with him…i can’t tell it all because it would become to lengthy…but thank you as well because i was truly blessed by what you shared.

Carol~A Song of Praise~

By: Eren Mckay

Eren Mckay — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:24:38 +0000

Hi Bobby- thanks so much for stopping by- it’s a pleasure to have you here ;-D
Yeah that’s something that took me a while to get- but I had this AHA moment one day and figured out that this is what stopped joy from happening each moment of my life.
It was either resentment or too much nostalgia.
There would be so much more joy in people’s lives if they knew this.
Blessings,
Eren Mckay

By: Bobby Revell

Bobby Revell — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:18:19 +0000

Hello Eren! I used to wallow in mistakes, failed relationships and many other aspects of my past, but I live in the present now. What I do right now matters most, and it took me many years to actually “get it”.

It’s OK to remember and cherish things in our memory, but living in a past fantasy can really cause problems. We can choose to only see the bad, but that is so unhealthy in every way. I choose to live happy and not let all the bad in the world weigh too heavily on my mind. I only control me, not the world!

This is a very insightful post