Counsel From the Bible

I don't know a whole lot about psychology, but I do know that all patients are told that they need to deal with their pasts in order to move on with their lives. Psychologists believe this is a breakthrough idea they've discovered. However, I believe this was God's idea, and it was revealed to us way back in Genesis. Two men went to make an offering to God. Cain, and his brother, Abel. Abel's offering was accepted, but Cain's wasn't. Cain became furious and jealous. God saw the fury and jealousy in his heart, and He said to Cain that if he did not do what was right, his sin would be his constant companion, crouching at his door, seeking to destroy him. Cain did not do what was right (deal with his sin), and his sin did destroy him-he killed his brother soon after that. I believe this very thing happens today-people have sin in their past (either their sin or someone else's),and when it is not dealt with (repented of, if the sin is theirs, or forgiven, if the sin belongs to someone else), that sin haunts the person and is their constant companion, and leads to more and more sin. Sin, whether in the form of abuse or family dysfunction or addiction or any cause, is always a vicious cycle that must be broken. This is the only way we can do what God tells us to do in Philippians 3:13,14; "Forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead. I press on to win the goal to win the prize for which God has called me Heavenward in Christ Jesus."