I don’t know about the rest of the world, but in America newspapers love to dredge up stories of past failures and sins of everyone they write about. If someone gets a new position with local visibility, you’re sure to read about the parking ticket they received 15 years ago. And especially worse misdeeds.
But in conversations, do we like to dwell on what others have done wrong in their past?
Do we forget that we all have done things–great and small–that we shouldn’t have? A stream of images just flashed through my consciousness of things I’m not proud of.
Are we willing to let it rest?
As a church fellowship, are we willing to admit people with a past? After all, that would be all of us.
When do we move on? When do we stop bringing up the past and live in the present moment?
We all need something of the Alcoholics Anonymous foundation–I screwed up, I recognize it, I own it, I’m living a new life one day at a time with the support of others.
We need to be the “others” lending support, not reminding everyone of the past.
It’s all part of our spiritual growth.
Faith Venture 
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