Tonight was a good reminder that God's grace is sufficient-- for the present. Too often, when we dwell on the past too long, that can send us into a depression. Either pastnmistakes that we beat ourselves up over, or the good times that are no longer here. To this I can attest to. Our boys are both semi-grown now, both with valid drivers license, and pretty independent of me. For a few weeks, I lamented the time that they were young, and the pain went to my very core. Watching home movies of when both boys were little, I often kicked myself for not appreciating their childhood more. When the holy spirit pricked me and nudge me back to the present, I realized I had allowed myself to wallow in stinking thinking.
Have you ever done this? Gone down memory lane and wound up in a depressed mood? In the words of Paul, forgetting the things that are behind me, I press on to what is ahead. (Philippians 3:13)
Press on, friend...press on.
