Bible Verses When You Are Struggling with Your Past

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Have you ever found yourself grappling with a truth you’ve known deeply, yet struggled to fully embrace? For me, this has been a profound journey in recent times. Throughout my life, I’ve been certain of God’s promises—His love, His sacrifice through His Son, and His assurance of forgiveness. I’ve clung to verses like John 3:16, which tells us that God sent His only Son to die for our sins, and 1 John 1:9, which reassures us that if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us. Psalm 103:11-12 also reminds us that our sins are removed as far as the east is from the west, never to be held against us.

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Despite these truths being embedded in my heart, lately, I’ve struggled to fully believe and receive them. My recent experience with postpartum depression has been a significant factor in this struggle. After coming home from the hospital, I was overwhelmed by a flood of memories of past sins and failures, replaying in my mind day after day. The guilt and emotional weight have made it difficult to accept the forgiveness I know God offers. It’s as if the mental and emotional fog of postpartum has clouded my ability to trust in the redemption that I’ve always believed in.

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In this season, it’s been a challenge to reconcile the truth of God’s grace with the intense personal struggle of feeling unworthy. Yet, it’s precisely in these moments of doubt and pain that the promise of His unconditional love and forgiveness can become even more profound and transformative.

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I also think I struggle with past mistakes because I am a little bit of a perfectionist…okay, I AM a perfectionist. I often wish I could delete or redo a situation from my life because at the time I lacked knowledge and wisdom, or hey, was just a plain faulty human being in desperate need of a Savior.

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On my postpartum journey, I have been reading Pastor Craig Groeschel’s book, Winning the War in Your Mind. He uses the Bible and Psychology to help uncover why we have these negative thoughts that plague us and how to overcome! He shares in the chapter of his Reframe Principle, “You could be set free. Free from being haunted by things you have done and things that were done to you. Free from mindsets that have kept you shackled to your past. Free from ruts of self defeating habits. Wouldn’t you like to be free? You can. Reframe your life, and experience the blessings of God’s collateral goodness.” I love this! I can be set free!

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“You could be set free. Free from being haunted by things you have done and things that were done to you. Free from mindsets that have kept you shackled to your past. Free from ruts of self defeating habits. Wouldn’t you like to be free? You can. Reframe your life, and experience the blessings of God’s collateral goodness.” -Craig Groeschel

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Here are truths you can preach to your soul when you are reminded about your past!

Psalms 103:11-12 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.
Psalm 32:5 I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,’ and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Romans 4:7-8 Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 8:1 There is, therefore, now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
1 Peter 4:16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.
Hebrews 10:22 …let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Psalm 31:1 In You, O Lord, I put my trust; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in Your righteousness.