I am slowly putting together a devotion-like book...here is one of the entries.
"Driving, a wonderful privilege one partakes in on the road of life. A road full of hills, curves, and turns. Full attention is necessary when traveling down this road so we can be ready for whatever obstacle approaches you. Whether it is an animal in the road or something that can distract your attention from the road. Another thing one has to be careful about when driving is looking too long in the rearview mirror. Yes, it is a crucial and pivotal thing to have when driving, but at the same time it can be a major stumbling block. If one looks too long in the mirror he will lose focus on the road and begin to swerveor even better put, try driving by just looking at your rearview mirror (but not on a busy highway). It cant be done, for one thing it is a natural reflex to look back on the road because we dont want to have an accident. It is like our minds are conditioned to always wanting to know where we are going. However, our spiritual mind does not work like this. Yes, we would like to know where we are heading in our spiritual walk, but we arent conditioned to do anything about it. If we look back at a past experience, whether it is a bad relationship, a past sin that we have a hard time forgiving ourselves for, it is fine if it is for a short time and we are able to move on from it, to grow from it. Looking back at past events is like looking back at the rearview mirror of life, if we look at those events too long, and try to drive while only looking at the past we will not be ready for anything else that approaches us. And we will also begin to swerve in our Christian life. Philippians 3:13: Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
"Driving, a wonderful privilege one partakes in on the road of life. A road full of hills, curves, and turns. Full attention is necessary when traveling down this road so we can be ready for whatever obstacle approaches you. Whether it is an animal in the road or something that can distract your attention from the road. Another thing one has to be careful about when driving is looking too long in the rearview mirror. Yes, it is a crucial and pivotal thing to have when driving, but at the same time it can be a major stumbling block. If one looks too long in the mirror he will lose focus on the road and begin to swerveor even better put, try driving by just looking at your rearview mirror (but not on a busy highway). It cant be done, for one thing it is a natural reflex to look back on the road because we dont want to have an accident. It is like our minds are conditioned to always wanting to know where we are going. However, our spiritual mind does not work like this. Yes, we would like to know where we are heading in our spiritual walk, but we arent conditioned to do anything about it. If we look back at a past experience, whether it is a bad relationship, a past sin that we have a hard time forgiving ourselves for, it is fine if it is for a short time and we are able to move on from it, to grow from it. Looking back at past events is like looking back at the rearview mirror of life, if we look at those events too long, and try to drive while only looking at the past we will not be ready for anything else that approaches us. And we will also begin to swerve in our Christian life. Philippians 3:13: Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
