Some people have memory boxes in their closets that they pull out and look through to help them remember the good times. Well the Lord showed me that I have "Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda boxes stored in my mind that I take down, open up, and relive events/situations that have happened.
I realize that reliving these events/situations isn't helping me. I have heard people say before, "Give it to God and let it go." But I never understand how to do that, until now. The Lord gave me a mental picture of what it means to “give it to Him and let it go.” I would love to share it with you.I put each event/situation in a box and wrapped it up with a pretty bow and labeled it with 2 tags. One tag said what the event was (a person's name, a job, an action) and the other tag said who it was to, Jesus. The Lord reveled to me that when you give someone a gift, you can’t take it back. So once I give these presents to Jesus, to relive them is like taking my gift back. Wow! What a thought! So I mentally gave Jesus gifts of my “Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda” moments.
Recently I was tempted to relive an event that I had already given to Jesus. Immediately, I pictured the present that I wrapped up and gave to Him. At that moment I stopped and thanked God that He had this event and I trusted Him to take care of it. I realize that I cannot change what has happened by thinking about it constantly. However, I can trust that God will deal with it in His own timing.As a symbol of what I have done, I am going to wrap gifts and lay them down on the alter at church. This will help me remember the gifts I gave and help me to know that I can't relive them because I am not going to take a gift away from Jesus.
