Forgetting Those Things…

Forgetting Those Things…

Jan 23, 2010

You know memories are a good thing … one of the best of things.

It helps up by giving a reference to some decision we need to make at present.

It allows us a reason for hope despite what may presently appear to be so.

It gives us a reason to smile when we think upon those sweet moments of time past.

It is the total sum of each of our lives … in the final analysis.

But as with memories, there comes a time when we must move out of this present moment into the future of what God has planned for each of us.

I have, I believe, been most fortunate as compared to other men.  As God has allowed me to go many places and see many things.

Some things good. Some things bad. All things necesseary.

I have seen some of the most beautiful sunsets the eye could ever behold.

I have live through many of the most clearest desert nights, watching the moon cross the night sky being trailed by a satellite.

I have been up early watching the sun rise, at the exact moment when night turns into day, as the dawning sun etched the mountain peaks with a lining of gold.

It was a beautiful sight to behold.

I have seen death, deceit and destruction.

The things that one man will do towards another.

All because of a black hatred that has filled their hearts with meaness or just plain old greed.

I have seen lives shattered from addiction (not just from drugs or alcohol), but  to power and an ever growing lust for control.

I have seen good men led into taking part in some great wickedness, being convinced they were doing some good and noble service.

I have been, as the lives of men go, most blessed.

To have been so many places and seen so many things because in all that I have seen, in every instance I have seen the hand of God at work in the affairs of men.

And in having seen all that I have seen, my hope has only increased, my faith has been strengthened.

It allow me to move forward, out of this present time knowing one day this also will be a sweet memory, a useful memory.

To move forward into what God has said is necessary …. For my good … For His purpose.

Without fear or doubt, for I am assured by His word.

Act 20:22  And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

Act 20:23  Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

Act 20:24  But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

I can go through the opened door ….. Amen.