As he came back in from the rain, Rich remarked that it was stormy and dark in the back yard but the weather looked clear and pretty looking from the front of the house. I flippantly replied, “So look out the front window and not the back.” Rich came back with, “That’s right, don’t look back.”
How many of us are guilty of looking back instead of looking forward? We look back at our past with shame and guilt or with nostalgia for the good old days. In Genesis we see that Lot’s wife was turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back. When we look forward though, we can face our future with hope and anticipation. Philippians 3:13-14 says, “Forgetting what’s behind us 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.”
Which direction are you looking in today?
Contributed by Joy Willwerth, Iron Rose Sister in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and soon-to-be proud grandma
