[King Jehoram] walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
We all have a story. We all have things in our past that shape who we are today. For some, the past is mostly good. For others, it is painful. Divorce, abuse, neglect...the scars run deep and have a lasting impact.
The good news is that we are not defined by our past. The mistakes of yesterday - whether they are our own or someone else's - do not have to become the failures of today. God's grace is greater than our pain. His strength is made perfect in our weakness (II Corinthians 12:9).
We do not have to repeat the sins of our fathers. Through Christ, we can begin again. He makes all things new (Revelation 21:5)! If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation! The old is gone, the new has come (II Corinthians 5:17).
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