Trying to hurt me by bringing up my past is like trying to rob my old house. I don’t live there anymore.
Seneca said, “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”
Carrie Underwood adds, “Every day is a new day, and you’ll never be able to find happiness if you don’t move on.”
I offer three suggestions.
- Quit trying to have a better past.
- Quit trying to control a better future.
- Quit listening to anyone’s version except God’s.
Recovery Step: Give your life to the God of new beginnings. “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Author: Mark Denison
Mark and Beth Denison, married for 36 years, launched There’s Still Hope as a national movement to call men and women into lives of sexual integrity. Their ministry offers 90-day recovery plans for addicts and one-on-one and group coaching for addicts and their spouses. TSH also produces resources for pastors and churches to confront the porn epidemic that is destroying so many lives.
Dr. Denison was a senior pastor for over 30 years, NBA chaplain, and board chairman at Houston Baptist University three times. With a Master’s Degree in Addiction Recovery, Mark is a certified PSAP and active member of the American Association of Christian Counselors.
Mark has written four books on recovery: Porn in the Pew, 365 Days to Sexual Integrity, A 90-Day Recovery Guide, and 40 Days to Porn-Free Living. His latest book, Jesus on the 12 Steps, will be released later this year.
