{"id":1557,"date":"2025-10-05T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2025-10-02T06:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T05:18:14","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-october-5th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1557","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days October 5th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-551741cdb4b4efe03723a18ea0225230\"><strong>View VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f8ed101762af1b26fb2bc4018e0c7643\"><strong>Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays\">Tiktok.com\/@recoverydays<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4c4221a0dad19d1bba7fde8bfc3ce0d3\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 enjoy the moment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2e2ac7518b45eb4315b0c9377702e462\"><strong><br>Revisiting the past<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-58608a9997106e7a78bf157699caf0ba\"><strong><br>But Lot\u2019s wife, behind him, looked back and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis.<br>There are dangers in revisiting the past, as Lot\u2019s wife discovered to her cost. It is not wrong for us to do so, as long as we do not linger there too long. Even if our own past lives were not Sodom and Gomorrah, there is a danger that too much focus on the past may lead us to euphoric recall of imagined \u2018good times\u2019 that were in reality, anything but. In looking back, Lot\u2019s wife displayed a very human side showing nostalgia for what was probably both good and bad. Am I ready to put the past behind me?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-e534edd1c856c069b1b2d40ad5001f62\"><strong><br>The past is another country, where we can no longer dwell, though we may visit. It is for many of us, a place of shame but it can also be a valuable asset. When I remember the past as something that it was not \u2013 a place of fun and thrills, I put myself in danger. But if I remember the past as it really was \u2013 a place of anger, hatred and dishonesty, I am giving myself a powerful reason to hold on to the blessings of my present new life. Today I ask for the honesty to confront the reality of the past.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120 Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;Tiktok.com\/@recoverydays Remember Mindfulness \u2013 enjoy the moment Revisiting the past But Lot\u2019s wife, behind him, looked back and she became a pillar of salt. 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