June 9, 2010 4:38 PM

If you were to lose everything you had, everyone you loved, everything you've ever known, would you be happy? It seems like a dumb question, but if you think about it if we live in the past this is what happens to us everyday.

This life is weird. We have to constantly live and constantly make a name for ourselves, but if our present and future isn't bright we are no longer considered accomplished. We are a hypocritical society in the sense that we judge based on the past but we only reward for the present and future. Our world is run on what you have already done, but if you don't keep doing it, it is all for naught.

And as bad of a society that sometimes creates this is the same way in faith. You could have been faithful every day of your life, but the second you stop everything you did in your past no longer matters. In order to be completely consumed by your faith you must actively pursue it. You don't get faith easier by having had it before, you have to fiercely attack it every minute that you live. It's really hard to not live in the past, especially living in a society based solely on the past, but when things in your life change living in a world that no longer exists does no good.

People worry and worry about the past, but in reality what does worrying accomplish? According to Matthew, worrying has no purpose, "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" (Matthew 6:27). Instead of worrying about the past we must continue to walk forward in our faith.

But as you are aware of by this point, living with faith is no easy task. You will have to run before you walk, you will fall, and you will want to give up. But each time you face the worst of circumstances your faith improves and your present becomes brighter and brighter.

Sometimes it's good to remember the good times about our past, but we must continue to fight for our future.

With love,

Hope.