The Good Ol' Days

Pops, rest his soul, always longed for the "good ol' days". On countless occasions, he would begin telling a story of the simpler times of growing up on the farm, with no air conditioning, no television, no microwave ovens, not much of any modern convenience. When he would begin one of his stories, one of his grandchildren would usually say, "Oh no, another farm story."

Now, Pops surely knew that the conveniences we enjoy today made life a little easier than it was in his childhood and youth. I don't think he would have wanted to go back to living without air conditioning and cable television. How could he have ever watched all the re-re-reruns of Gunsmoke and Bonanza? Looking back too much can get us into trouble...

Today's word is Ecclesiastes 7:10, NLT, which reads, "Don't long for 'the good old days'. This is not wise."

There's a lot to be said for the good old days, when things were simpler and crime was lower and people had to work to earn what they had. There's something to be said about not having all the modern conveniences that become more of a nuisance and a hindrance. There are lots of good things about the good old days but we aren't living in the past - we are here now.

While the good old days are fun to remember and certainly dear to our hearts, GOD has us here today for a reason. We can't continue to press forward if we are constantly looking back. As we have discussed before, there is a reason the windshield is so large and rear view mirror is so small - GOD intends for us to be looking forward and only glancing back.

We are here now to do GOD'S good work. Keep pressing forward, working hard, doing what GOD has called us to do. If we do that, we will look back at this time period and realize that they, too, were good old days.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T