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Gods view on our past

How does God feel about our past as Christians?
Sin is forgiven- we are not treated less than 'pure love's expression' flowing to us
God is compassionate for our troubles we have been through.
God's heart and plan is our restoration and healing from damages and losses we have suffered
God delights to bless us
God is delighted in our faithfulness to him despite what we have lost or gone through- your faith is of greater worth than gold...!!! This was impressed apon my heart recently the father's pleasure in my faithfulness especially "because of" the losses I had endured...
Praise God! His thoughts are not our thoughts and his ways are not our ways!!!

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