Redeeming Yesterday : When yesterday didn't happen quite how you remembered it...

We each have memories...
Memories of yesterday,
last week,
memories of last month, last year,
of walking in the snowy woods,
strolling on the sandy beach at sunset,
slowing down when everyone in the whole wide world
was walking a million miles a minute downtown in the big city...
we all have memories of sitting long and looking far,
or
playing ball and wiping the sweat from our brow,
memories of waking from a nightmare and feeling our heart
beating so fast,
so hard
that we weren't sure what was scarier, the dream or the racing of it...
we all have memories of kisses, and whispers,
of laughters, and moments of quiet flirtations that were building blocks to somethings else...
Memories of fights that went a direction all their own,
words that came out of our mouths that we honestly never wanted or dreamt of saying...
Words we'd rather bury in the ground in the dead of winter,
and never leave a stone in remembrance of...

What happens when yesterday didnt' happen
quite how you remembered it happening?
What happens when your emotions, your feelings blur your vision...
When they infer motive onto someone elses behaviors
and time continues to tick it's tick tocking ways...and
does it's traveling on...
endlessly traveling on...
and you wake up one morning to discover
you were remembering things wrong all along...

How do you rewrite your own history?
We base so much of our behavior on how we perseve our reality...
We must think...
We must go to God and to His Word with our days,
our moments,
our troubles,
and our pains...
We must choose to believe all things,
of others and of ourselves...
if someone makes us feel like a loser, we must take that to God in prayer...
someone makes us feel small, we must not believe that is what they intended,
nor allow ourselves to FEEL small...
but take it to the Lord in prayer...
we must remember
He is the ONLY one who sees ALL things,
knows ALL things,
and can redeem all things..
He has redeemed me,
he can redeem you,
why on earth did I ever not even consider
that He'd not redeem yesterday too?
Showing you how it really was,
healing you
healing others
bringing forgiveness
bringing peace
love and joy
even friendship
because it's who HE is..
Naturally He can redeem Yesterday...
I hereby move over and am letting Him.
What about you?