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LEARN FROM IT AND MOVE ON
'GOD CAUSES EVERYTHING TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE GOD'' ROMANS 8:28
One day in an orchard, seven-year-old Walter noticed an owl sleeping on a branch. Thinking it would make a top pet he approached quietly and grabbed its leg. In a panic of beating wings and scratching claws the bird fought so much that the boy threw it down and stamped it to death. Horrified by his actions, he ran away.
When he returned later to bury it, each shovelful of earth was mixed with tears. The incident haunted him and he told no one about it 'til years later when it had created in him a fresh appreciation for life. All the regret in the world couldn't bring back that one owl but through its death a world of animals was born.
The boy's name was Walter Elias... we know him as Walt Disney. The famous English writer Charles Dickens said, 'Reflect on your blessings of which every man has plenty, not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.' Learn from your past, absolutely, but don't live in it.
Use the things you've been through, good and bad, as a springboard to the future. Can you really do that? If you don't think it's possible pick up your Bible and pick just about any character used by God all the way from Genesis to Revelation. Over and over again you'll find that in amazing ways 'God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God.' (Romans 8:28 NLT) God can repaint your past in the light of his grace that got you to where you are today. So choose today to learn from it and move on.
written by Bob Gass
