As one looks back on ones life,there are many 'if only's', if only I had done better at school I could have got a better job.if only I had kept following the Lord when I was young.I had a reasonable singing voice, if only I could have developed it more.I played two musical instrument in my time,but not very well,if only I had got training, and improved that gift.Yes we can all look back and say if only,so many people get trapped in that mind set, yes the past,'if only's', rule our lives and not for the best. we say if only I had not been born into that family ,in that country,in that neighbourhood, if only I had not had that accident,yes, if only. Here is what a wise man said,'The past is not a place of residence,but a place of remembrance'.The thing is we will always remember our past,but we must not let our past to imprison us. There was a great man who had a wonderful future,he had a wonderful education,but he gave it all up,when Christ became his Saviour ,and so he went on to serve Him.Many years later he wrote,
'But one thing I do ; forgetting what lies
behind and straining forward to what
lies ahead, I press on toward the goal
for the prize of the upward call of God
in Christ Jesus.
(Philippians 3 v 13 - 14 )
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