Ok... this is a musically driven blog today...again...

I was cruising through my music library of songs and spent some time listening to the lyrics of Matthew Wests' "History" song. I so needed this today, as its a Monday and for some weird cosmic reason Mondays seem to suck for me emotionally...and not because I have to work cause I have Mondays off;-) It just seems to be a pattern that Mondays bring me the biggest emotional drain.

My past has been rubbed in  my face by a number of sources and it seems to never end but I guess its to be expected. Until everyone truly "gets" the atonement there will be those who wish to destroy others to make themselves feel better... but I digress. Fortunately for me God is the only one that really matters in the end and the opinions of others that are contrary to His works are wasted energy anyway. I have a few great friends that love me for me and not for my stupidity or denseness or just dumb luck in making decisions that guide my life. For those of you... thank you. You are an incredible support to me.

So, before I got off on a weird tangent there, I thought this song was especially fitting for me today and I am sure that it may be fitting for someone else too so I copied the lyrics for you. They included the liner notes from his CD at the end and I think that its really cool. Read away:

History

It's been a bad day
You've been looking back
And all you can see is everything you wish you could take back
All your mistakes
A world of regrets
All of those moments you would rather forget
I know it's hard to believe Let me refresh your memory

CHORUS
Yesterday is history And history is miles away
So, leave it all behind you
But let it always remind you of the day
The day that love made history

You know you can't stay right where you fell
The hardest part is forgiving yourself
But let's take a walk into today
And don't let your past get in the way

Would you believe that you are history in the making, in the making?
Every choice that you are making
Every step that you are taking
Every chain that you are breaking
History is in the making
Every word that you are saying
Every prayer that you are praying
Every chain that you are breaking
History is in the making

Philippians 3:13-14, 1 Timothy 1:12-17
'Everyone's past is filled with imperfections. The scriptures say, "...All have sinned..." But the second we recognize how much we need forgiveness and ask God for His grace to save us, it's done. Now if you're anything like me, that seems to be only half the battle. For me, the hardest part is forgiving myself. The mistakes I've made try to haunt me, follow me and remind me that I'm no good. The failures of yesterday become the regrets of today; the regrets of today become the discouragement of tomorrow, and before you know it, the future starts looking more and more like the past. The Bible speaks clearly to all of us sinners, "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners-and I was the worst of them all (1 Timothy 1:15)." It's that simple, we're saved. All that stuff that we used to wear around our hearts like a two-ton weight, that's all history now. But the story doesn't end there. God's love can make history of your past. He forgives and forgets. Now it's time to move forward into a life of grace. Because, the truth is, God isn't done with you yet. Your life from here on out, starting with the next breath you breathe, is history in the making! What if we lived every single second ready and willing for God to do something great with our lives? This entire project is for anyone who has ever made a mistake. God's grace can forgive you. It's up to you to forgive yourself. The crazy thing is, even as I write this, and even as you read this, history is in the making!' - Matthew West

By Matthew West / (c) 2005 Word Music, LLC/Westies Music Publishing, admin. by Word Music, LLC (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission. International copyright secured.

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