Forgetting the past-how?

[jason3477]

I wasn’t raised always in the Catholic Church. My Dad was Catholic but not always praciticing and my Mom Baptist. So when I was in my 20’s I went to some mega-churches for about 2 years and then called myself-spiritual but not religious for another year or 2. And I came back home to Mother Church recently. And I even go/went to confession and go regulary now.

But it seems like those mega-churches still haunt my mind. It’s like the evil one is attacking/tormenting me with that 4 year detour/mistake I made of leaving Mother Church.

So what should I do???

 

[valentino]

the past is often difficult forget especially if one/s past has been excessively sinful.But we can and must.We can’t serve God if we let our past haunt us.i demands our attention which is due to God.God assures us that if we are wiling to confess our sins He will forgive us.When we go to confession that is last thought we should ever have of those sins.yes the devil does remind us and doesn’t want us to forget.He works hard at this.He wishes never to give up until he can cause us weaken and fall again.But Jesus 's love is much more powerful than satan’s hate.If we continue to ask Jesus for His help we are sure to win.When Jesus died He conquered sin and the Devil and he knows it.

 

[JRKH]

Forgetting the past is not possible by trying to forget, but only by moving on.

But more importantly, the past can serve to strengthen as well as tempt.
We all have things we would like to forget. We can either allow these memories to tempt and torment us, or we can use them as ways to fortify us in our new life in Christ.
Over time as the devil sees us actually strengthened by such memories he will stop trying to bring them up as temptations…

Well he’ll almost stop…
He’ll still try to sneak them in on us …:tsktsk:
At least he does to me…

Peace
James

 

[Bob_Crowley]

I wasn’t raised always in the Catholic Church. My Dad was Catholic but not always praciticing and my Mom Baptist. So when I was in my 20’s I went to some mega-churches for about 2 years and then called myself-spiritual but not religious for another year or 2. And I came back home to Mother Church recently. And I even go/went to confession and go regulary now.

But it seems like those mega-churches still haunt my mind. It’s like the evil one is attacking/tormenting me with that 4 year detour/mistake I made of leaving Mother Church.

So what should I do???

To be honest, if the biggest sin you’ve got to worry about was a four year detour in Protestant mega-churches, then you haven’t got much to worry about. I’d just put it down to experience if I were you. If the devil can’t find anything more than that to bother you with, then he must be desperate.

You’re back, and in the end that’s all that matters. And the positive side is that you can now relate to Protestants from that background, who might be seeking the truth.