It is true that every one of us has a past.
How we deal with the past is our fingerprints as individuals; one size does not fit all and one solution is not for everyone.
Without exception, each one of us has experienced pain in our lives. Some of us choose to live in denial, others may use their past as an excuse for failure today. The truth is that everything in our lives has contributed to us being who we are. In fact, some of the most painful experiences in our lives can become the roots for our very existence.
The Bible is full of stories that illustrate how God used people who had experienced pain to bring hope and relief to others.
Empathy and sympathy are born out of our own pain that helps us to identify with the pain of others.
The apostle Paul, who himself faced so many challenges, learnt the secret to success.
2 Cor 12:10, “For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
Don’t allow your past to destroy your future. Rather ask God to help you to use your past to change the future of others.
My pain is bearable if it has a purpose in bringing relief from pain to others.
