Lighthouse Living
The LORD is my light and my salvation; I will fear no one.
The LORD protects me from all danger; I will never be afraid.
Psalm 27:1
April 23, 2014

Memory Lane

Memory Lane, we all have one. For each of us it’s a different place in time. Even though our memories are uniquely diverse, the keys that unlock them are similar; music, food, sights and sounds. There’s something about hearing a particular song or tasting a food that stirs our memory and suddenly we’re thrust back in time.
For me it can be a sound or a place that arouses my memory lane excursion. I realize for some those memories aren’t always good and they’d much rather avoid the trip altogether, but whether our memories are good or bad, we must be careful not to get stuck living on 19-whatever, Memory Lane, The Past, USA. It’s good to reflect back and cherish those things, but we must move from the past to the now. If we walk through this life always looking back we’ll miss many wonderful experiences that lie in front of us. God told the Israelites inIsaiah 43:18-19, “Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it?” The Lord always moves forward. Have we become so entrenched in our past that we can’t see the forward progress of the Lord? For those who can’t seem to shake the past and it’s memories of sorrow and pain, there can be a new and better tomorrow. It starts with the healing power of the Lord today. When reading the passage from Isaiah 43, put you name in there. “_____ do not call to mind the former thingsā€¦.” You get the idea.  Every new thing that the Lord wants to do in your life begins today. It’s time to move from Memory Lane to a new neighborhood. Yes, new things can be uncomfortable, but I think you’ll find the blessing will far out weigh anything that happened yesterday.

 

 

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April 9, 2014 Are We There Yet?

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