What is ahead

We like to watch AFV. I don't know what it is about watching others' failures that is so amusing but we like to watch it, and AFV has been a fixture for over twenty-five years. A lot of times, people end up falling or tripping because they are focused on what is behind them instead of seeing the obstacle in front of them (e.g., the sign, the post, the tree, etc.). And, that doesn't just happen on AFV.

There have been times that I have walked into some obstacle because I was focused on what was behind instead of what was in front. I was so distracted by what I had already passed, that I missed the danger ahead. Luckily for me, though, no one was around with a video recorder to show my miscue to everyone else.

Today's word is Proverbs 4:25, NLT, which reads, "Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you."

We have all had those times that we have been so focused on what was behind us that we missed or almost missed what was ahead. We have used the analogy before of the rear view mirror. The rear view mirror is so small when compared to a windshield because we should glance behind us but we need to focus on what is ahead.

Not much we can do about the past. We can learn from it, grow from it, try not to repeat it, but we can't change it, can't fix it, can't undo it. We must fix our eyes on what is ahead.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T