Is Bible history important?  For a surprising answer look in I Corinthians 10:11, TLB.  “All these things happened to them as examples—as object lessons to us—to warn us against doing the same things; they were written down so that we could read about them and learn from them in these last days as the world nears its end.”

I can’t seem to get over my own past history of bad choices. For hope and comfort look in Philippians 3:13, NIV.  “But one thing I do; Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.:”