Looking Back


Have you ever tried to drive your car down the road by looking in the rear-view mirror? If so, you probably didn’t get too far very fast. You would most likely never try to go 30, 45, or 60 miles an hour while using only the rear-view mirror to guide your way. It would be ridiculous and dangerous to you and to those around you.

This is however the way some people seem to navigate through life. They are always looking back at what happened in their past, but fail to look ahead to see that the best is in front of them, not in the past. It doesn’t matter if you have had a wonderful past or one filled with pain and suffering, the principle is still the same, we don’t make much progress when we are looking back. 

For some, the rear-view mirror is wishing for what is gone in a relationship, others might look back at a mistake made and wish it could be erased and yet another might look back with a “what if” mentality. It really doesn’t matter what you might be looking back at, the result is still the same. You are not able to enjoy the present nor look forward to the future. 

While some keep looking backwards in fear, dread or questioning, others keep hanging on to the past because they are afraid to give up the familiar, the known, the comfortable even if it was an awful experience.

God has a life prepared for us that is full of joy, peace, and abundance. Will you chose to participate in that life or will you continue to look in the rear view mirror of life missing what is waiting for you just ahead?

Philippians 3:13-14 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. 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.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Roxy--Our Adopted Best Friend

Image
Roxy was our beloved pet for 14 years. We got her for my daughter Lynn’s sixteenth birthday. Lynn had been begging for a dog and in a weak moment we agreed to her request. We decided that a pound puppy would be a good choice, so off to PetsMart we went, since they brought in a selection of puppies for adoption each weekend. Upon surveying the motley crew of dogs and cats, Lynn and I spotted a couple of cute white dogs with black and brown spots—a brother and sister pair, but we weren’t quite sure if one of them might be “the right one.” So back to the car for the next stop, and off to the humane society we went. Anytime you go to a place like that you hurt for the sad little animals just peering through the cages, longing to be grabbed up into your arms to be loved and cared for and you wish that you could take them all home. After checking out the big dogs, the small dogs, the old and the young, the hairy and even scary dogs, it was determined that none of those was meant to go home...
Read more

Bavarian Cream Pie

Image
2 eggs 1/8 t salt 3/4 c scalded milk 1 c whipping cream 1 T gelatin 1/4 c cold water 1/2 c sugar 1 t vanilla Chocolate crumb crust Beat sugar and egg yolks. Then add milk and scald until it sticks to the spoon, stirring constantly. Let gelatin and cold water soak until dissolved, then add to milk and let cool. Whip cream and egg whites separately and then mix together. Mix cream and egg mixture to the milk that has been cooled. Add vanilla to mixture. When this begins to congeal, pour into chocolate crumb crust. Put into refrigerator for at least 4 hours. Sprinkle crushed crumbs over the top before serving. www.hearthope.org
Read more

Kolaches

Image
Easy Kolaches This recipe is from Judie Byrd who has a cooking school in Fort Worth, TX. It is so easy and good. 1 stick of butter or margarine 2 packages of 10 count flaky biscuits 1 can pie filing (any flavor) Topping: 6 T flour 4 T cold margarine 1/2 c sugar Separate the biscuits in half, according to the flaky layers. Dip each piece in melted butter and place on a cookie sheet. Make an indentation in the middle of each using your thumb. Put about 1 tablespoon of pie filling into the indented space. Make the topping by cutting the flour and sugar into the cold butter. Sprinkle topping over pastries. Cook at 375 degrees about 15 minutes or until good and brown. If you don't have pie filling, you can use jam. www.hearthope.org
Read more