Looking Back

⁶ being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.-Philippians 5:6

I've been absolutely loving my hikes in this astoundingly beautiful Autumn we've been having.  Yesterday was awesome.   But the back loop of the trail is very steep and I have to really watch each step I take because it is very rocky and the leaves can be slippery and there are a lot of leaves on the trail right now!  So I really don't get to enjoy the scenery on that part of the walk because I am focused on what is right in front of me... too close.  But occasionally, I stop and look back up at where I came from and I see the beauty.

Isn't life the same way?  When we are too close to what's going on in our lives, we often miss the beauty.  And sometimes it even just looks ugly.  But after a while, we can turn and look back and see the beauty.  We can see the work God was doing in our life.  We can see the "angels" that God sent to help us through a tough time.  

Sometimes the pain follows us so far that we are afraid to look back.  But if we look back, not to relive the hurt, but to look for the beauty, we WILL find it.  It's always there.  Because God was always there. 

Take a look back at a part of your life when you were too focused on what you were going through to see the beauty and look for it.  Not only will find beauty, but you may just find healing as well.


Father,
Help us to see the beauty in our past; the past that helped to create the people we are today.  Amen.


Joys:  Great hike; a new gadget!; looking back