"See, I am doing a new thing. Now it springs up—do you not perceive it?"
– Isaiah 43:19

My child,

I know what lies behind you —
the mistakes you’ve made,
the things you’ve been through,
the scars you still sometimes feel.

But listen closely:

Your past does not define who you are — I do.

The world may try to pin you to your failures.
People may remind you of where you went wrong.
But I see your destiny, not your history.

Your past is not a prison.
It is soil where I can grow something new.
Even your brokenness
I will use to produce strength, wisdom, and compassion.

 Your pain will become a source of healing.
 Your failures will testify of My grace.
 Your story will give others hope.

Let go of the past, My child.
Not because it didn’t happen,
but because I already carried it — on the cross.
I don’t hold you to your past,
so don’t hold yourself to it either.

I’m not focused on what you were —
I’m shaping who you are becoming.

And what you’re becoming is beautiful.
Not perfect,
but healed, renewed, and glowing with My light.

Shall we pray together?

Father, sometimes I hold on to my past.
But You call me into a new beginning.
Help me believe in Your plans —
greater than my fears and my mistakes.
Lead me into the path of my destiny.
Amen.