You will get many people who don't agree with this, simply because, they feel like they have done a really great job moving on from those things. They might have it all together on the outside, but it doesn't change the wounds that their heart took on the inside. Burying things doesn't take away the fact that they happened. Whether it's knowing someone for years in marriage and they eventually start to change or act way different, or walking into a relationship right away and recognizing there might be things that aren't right in how someone deals with things, how we dealt with things of the past will dictate how we handle and deal with things of the future. How we healed or didn't heal from things in the past WILL impact our future and our relationships.
I think the one of the most attractive traits someone can have is acknowledging they have gone through some things and that they have or want to deal with them. I think some of the bravest conversations to have with someone you love or are going into a relationship with is ones about our past and how some of the things we have gone through have impacted us. There is such beauty in vulnerability. There is such courage in going back and salvaging what might have been done. And you know what? It's one of the greatest gifts you can give someone.
So whether there's some things buried you know need to be deal with. Or, you are with someone and well, they might need healing from things they never dealt with. Pray for the courage to do it. Pray against the pain that might come from awakening it. Pray for the strength to unbury it. Because friend, you can't put a price on the healing that God wants to do in it. You cannot put a price on the freedom that you didn't realize you didn't have as a result of it. And every day you wait, is a day to long, to finally rid yourself of it.
"So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." John 8:36
