The Past-Present Dichotomy

Yesterday (Sunday 2/8) after church, I was having tribes with Obi when he said something that I loved very much. We were talking through forgiveness which is the topic for youth at the moment. He said, "You can't be in two places at one time."

And now I want to clarify why this is such a awesome pearl of wisdom.

To be unable to forgive someone of something means that your holding onto the past. Their past mess ups, failures and wrongdoing. Your also holding onto that past hurt. So harbouring unforgiveness is only living in the past.

So when God forgives, he forgets that past sin and that is what forgiving is all about. Forgiving and forgetting. Letting the past be exactly that; the past. Then moving into the present free of that past weight.

You can't be in two places at once. Meaning if your living in the past, holding onto those grudges and ill feeling then you can't be living completely in the now. Only by letting go completely of the past can we live in the present completely. Only by forgiving others can we move on into all that our now has for us. Only by letting go of the past.