I’m sitting here looking at our Christmas decorations still displayed, realizing it’s the second day into the new year already. My husband and I have definitely started the new year running hard, spending the first day in January already focused on projects we let lie during the holidays. Yet, we made no time to take down the festive decor that welcomed in our Christmas. And I hear the Lord say there are some who also have neglected removing signs of their past season, trying to carry baggage that should have been released before stepping into this new season.
The problem with holding onto what happened in your previous season instead of working through it and giving it to the Lord, is that those difficult experiences or relationships can color over your new experiences and opportunities, and your judgement becomes tainted. You could miss out on what God has planned for you, trying to guard yourself from all future pain and not be willing to move forward.
And if you are noticing that not only the decor of your past season is still up, but multiple seasons are still displayed haunting you still, then it’s a wise choice to do some heart de-cluttering.
Sit down with the Lord and take those challenging things from past seasons and slowly begin to work though them one by one. You can recognize if something is still an issue and a pain in your heart when your mind continues to fall back on it. And reflecting on that time still feels very painful.
Allowing those things to be worked through and healed and released to the Lord will return to your heart healing, joy and energy needed to live your new season to its fullest.