Many of us know the story of Lots wife. They were commanded to leave the wicked city of Sodom and Gomorrah and told they must not look behind them. The Lord had prepared a much better place.  Lots wife, of course, looked back with longing and was turned into a pillar of salt! Pretty wild. But I guess if she really wanted to live in the past, salt is a great preserver, right? Haha that isn’t funny. I know. How many of us  (as paraphrased by elder Maxwell)  ‘know we should have our primary residence in Zion, but still hope to keep a summer cottage in Babylon?’ How many of us tie ourselves down to the past, damming ourselves from the progression that lies ahead? How many of us deny the Savior Himself by thinking the future could never be as grand as the past? Our Redeemer sacrificed Himself so we could look forward with an eye of faith, confident that the greatest joys are among us and ahead! His atonement enables us to be rid of our past! To let go, to move on, to be free! Now there can be many things we cling onto as we reminisce on the past that can result in depression, guilt, sorrow, pain, anger, hatred, jealousy, bad habits, anxiety, discouragement, hopelessness and dissatisfaction. Whatever it may be, the Savior is willing and wanting to take it from us! Will we allow Him to? Will we hand Him the keys to that summer cottage? Will we ask Him to guide us around the homes and gardens of Zion He has so lovingly prepared for us?