Weeks of Quiet Time with SP Navigators sisters teaches a lot than I have studied in the last year. For one, eternal life began when we accepted Christ: 1 John 5: 11-12 And this is the testimony, God has given us eternal life, and this Life is in His Son. He who has the Son has Life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have Life.
Simply put, the old is passed away; behold all things have become new (2 Corinthians 5:17). Having now the new life, since we have accepted Christ and thus received the gift of eternal life, what then would you do with the new life? What would you invest in with your new body and spirit? Will you defile it as you did the old life? How will you treasure it now?
I guess it's not so much putting everything in the past into oblivion so you don't have to deal with those skeletons in the closet anymore. Of course we would not turn back to the old self to make our conscious decisions any longer, but incline to the new person to make those decisions. Old mistakes are still there to be had so we don't commit them again... The memory of tt a sad fleeting moment, bt always a reminder tt your old life did this wrong, dun do it again.
If I could turn the clock back, I might have made sure Mittens was still with me. How I miss her. I guess the feeling must be the same when you have your own innocent child suffering and dying while you watch. How painful it was for God.
