"Well how much was the ticket?"
"I don't know, I just gave it to my Mom"  

"I was going to, but it was hard"

"It was kindness week at my school...And I didn't"

"What if a mute person has no hands"


Sunday, March 30

Don't live in the Past

Name: Nate
Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:20-23

OAP:  I like to think about the future.  The next 5 years, the next week, even the next 15 minutes.  I'm not one to dwell on the past, although, I do have a very vivid memory of things that happened ten, even twenty years ago.  

Moses calls the people to remember.  To communicate and pass on the greatness of their God from generation to generation.  I am quick to dismiss the miraculous things that God has done in the past, and keep looking forward.  I lose faith quickly when something doesn't happen.  I forget a real experience of God.  I let it fade with time vs. renewing it in my mind.

When I was in college, those times were referred to as "anchors".  Something imbedded in the foundation, a "standing stone" to the Lord's goodness.  There is so much that is temporary in this world.  Our bodies, relationships, jobs, the weather, technology, etc.  It is hard to grasp God with His eternal purposes, and easy to forget His fingerprints in this world.

God, I pray that I will dwell upon the times you have moved in my life, and the history of Your people.  May my faith be strengthened.  I pray that I realize remembering the past is not dwelling in it, afraid of tomorrow.  Instead, I pray it is a reminder of my eternal, loving friend.

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