Put It Down

Daily Gratitude Year 14-Day 135: Today, I am grateful we can put yesterday down. 

"Yesterday it is heavy. Put it down." 

Great instruction that is small enough to write on a rock. The scripture includes several passages that remind us to leave yesterday behind. It is history with each sunset. 

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. -Isaiah 43:18-19

I think it is a plot from the enemy of our souls to keep reminding us of yesterday's failures and struggles. We learn more from our mistakes than we do from success. Success can lead to pride; failure leads to innovation. We don't want to aim for failure, but we do not want to be weighed down by it either. 

What can we do differently today? It is a lovely choice we get to make every morning. What things do we want to repeat because they worked? We can keep doing them. Yesterday's lessons are valuable, but they were never meant to weigh us down. 

Today, I am grateful we can put yesterday down.