# Chapter 198

Being set free from a past you cannot change. Its a lovely idea and only one that can happen with supernatural power its seems to me - because you cannot change the past. That unchangeable nature of the past is the horror of it, and demands a supernatural hand. My friend Trent was retelling what happened today as he was called to an elderly lady’s house. She related that she was once again having nightmares as she watched the evening news and was hearing the sirens go off warning of another bombing raid hitting Ukraine - she said its just like when I was kid going through WWII. The past that cannot be changed. And there are thousands of other and different stories of the past that cannot be changed though we wish it could.

So since there is no way to change the past, then I must be changed in order to be free from its grasp on me. Some fundamental piece of me must undergo transformation so that that past no longer has such power in my life, and continues to hold me hostage for all my future days. As Trent’s eventful day shows though, time alone is not enough to resolve the past, we need more. While the past cannot be changed and our actions or experiences cannot be removed, my relationship with that past can change as I do. And again, I would argue that this needs literal supernatural divine intervention to set us free from the power of that past. Dear God in heaven, make it so please!