"When something is over and done with, when it has been repented of as fully as it can be repented of, when life has moved on as it should and a lot of other wonderfully good things have happened since then, it is not right to go back and open up some ancient wound that the Son of God Himself died trying to heal.
Let people repent. Let people grow. Believe that people can change and improve. Is that faith? Yes! Is that hope? Yes! Is it charity? Yes! Above all, it is charity, the pure love of Christ. If something is buried in the past, leave it buried. Don’t keep going back with your little sand pail and beach shovel to dig it up, wave it around, and then throw it at someone, saying, “Hey! Do you remember this?” Splat!"
There are moments in our lives when certain words, for whatever reason, open the words of revelation, open the grace of the atonement to pour out upon our souls, and life is never the same. We are never the same. One of the most spiritual weekends of my life lead up to this talk by Elder Holland, not only answering my prayers but allowing me to forgive. That forgiveness was the gateway to me healing of very old wounds, ones that I'd never let Christ close.
This talk changed my life. Maybe it'll do something for you.
Elder Holland, BYU Devotional Jan. 2009, "Remember Lot's Wife"
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