This sponsored post was provided by Burke Care, and written by Cameron Woodall , which invites you to schedule care today with a certified biblical counselor. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead – Philippians 3:13 ESV Forgetting what lies behind. At first glance, one might wonder; is Paul suggesting that we stop revisiting our experiences, memories, or past pains? Or is he advocating us to ignore the parts of our stories that have distinctively shaped us in ways still evidenced today? If so, perhaps Paul would look at Biblical counseling today and say, “there’s too much remembering what lies behind!”. Yet, if there was someone with a profound awareness of their own story, especially looking back, it was Paul. He was shown that God set him apart from birth, that his exemplary endeavoring in Judaism and subsequent violent persecuting of the church were means by which to magnify the patience of God in his own life and others. Paul was painfully aware that among sinners he was the chief. (Galatians 1:13-17; 1 Timothy 1:12-16; Acts 22; Acts 26:15-18). Paul was a man familiar with his own story and consequently a man familiar with grace. Larry Crabb once said, “there is no greater tragedy in human existence than an unexplored life”. Perhaps more than anyone, Paul had an explored life and saw the hand of a gracious God from his first chapter to his … Continue reading Would Paul Reject Biblical Counseling?