Proverbs 16.27 says, An ungodly man diggeth up evil, and in his lips there is as a burning fire. There's a song by country singer Randy Travis titled Diggin' Up Bones. And the first time I ever heard Randy sing that was back in the late 80s. And that was the first song I ever heard him sing. And I've always loved his voice ever since. The song is about a divorced man looking at old pictures and dealing with the loss of his marriage. It's a bit of a lighthearted look at the terrible results of divorce, even when there are no children involved as far as the song lyrics are concerned. But the first two lines of the chorus really stuck with me through the years. I was an unsaved young man when I first heard the song, but since becoming a Christian, I've thought of those words a number of times. They go like this, I'm digging up bones, I'm digging up bones, exhuming things that's better left alone. The first time I remember thinking about those words after I became a Christian was when someone was throwing my past in my face. I was ashamed of my past, but I had only been saved a short time, so those words of criticism really stung me. You think because you've got religion that you're something special now? Well, people who know you know the real you. and that person listed a number of my sins, and it was all true. I was a terrible sinner, especially the last four or five years before I was saved. And at that moment, I experienced the truth of this proverb. It cut like a knife. An ungodly man diggeth up evil, and in his lips there is as a burning fire. That guy despised me. He also despised Jesus. I don't know why, but he did. So I just let him curse me. Later, when I was reading through the Bible as a young Christian, I read in 2 Samuel 16 where Shimei cursed King David, and King David said, let him alone and let him curse, for the Lord hath bidden him. That's in 2 Samuel 16, 11, and I felt the same way. I felt like I deserved it, and the Lord was punishing me. But the truth is, the Lord didn't send Shimei to curse David, and Shimei would later pay the consequences as we read in 1 Kings 2. The Lord has not commissioned anyone to dig up your dirt. We all have skeletons in our closet, but God's word says to us in Philippians 3, 13-14, brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended. But this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. If a Christian brother or sister confronts you about a past or present sin, and you can assure them that you've been forgiven by God and at least attempted to make things good with a repentant heart with anyone that you've wronged, and of course you've faced the legal consequences if it was a criminal act, then that person will rejoice with you. But when an ungodly man digs up evil and gets some dirt on you, In his lips there is as a burning fire. It will be for the purpose of slandering, hurting, or even destroying you. Make things right as best you can and then move on. Trust in the Lord, and as you move on and keep living right with an eye toward pleasing God above all else, your past will take care of itself and it fades into the distance with each passing day. An old bumper sticker says, when the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future. Well, I never did like that. It's really just silly. What I'd say is, when the devil, who usually shows up wearing human skin, reminds you of your past, ignore that devil and keep your eyes on the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. I love Romans 14, 4, which says, Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? To his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holding up, for God is able to make him stand. The Lord and his people forgive, and they want to help you move on to a life of grateful service of him and for his glory.