Wednesday 28 November 2012

Don't Look Back

In Anger. Into The Sun. We're told not to all the time. For good reason.

I remember I was I little. Remember school sports days? I was always pretty awesome in the running. There was one race where you had to collect the bean bags that were lined up in the course, and run them back one at a time to a bucket. Once they were all collected and the bucket was full you had to run with it to the finishing line. For a couple of years I nailed that race, easy!

The next year though, I did something stupid. I wondered how far behind me the other runners were and I looked back. I tripped and fell, and lost the race. There were tears - mainly for the grazes on my knees!

Taking this into a Bible story, Lot's wife (whom we don't know the actual name of) was told to not look back. She did, and was turned into a pillar of salt. Slightly worse than grazed knees however the same principle. So often in life we look back rather than looking forward, into our next chapter, into our future. When you're moving forward - don't remember me, my pride might take another hit - remember what happened to Lot's Wife, and don't look back!

Monday 5 November 2012