• Looking Backward

    As I was walking out of seminary classroom today I stepped out onto the seminary lawn and there I met a older gentlemen handling some sort of yard tool and we began a conversation about what he was doing which morphed into his testimony and a challenge to be thankful.  He was addicted to speed and cocaine in his early years,  one day he simply gave it up and had no desire to have it anymore.  Since then he has found Christ, a wife, and 3 children and 4 grandchildren.  And he spoke to me about thankfulness, he didn’t have much materially, he worked at the seminary while his wife stayed home and helped with grandkids.  He told me that he was so thankful as he looked back over his life and the blessings of God.

    The Apostle Paul tells us in Philippians 3 that he strains to look forward and forget about his past.  Yet there is an unhealthy way to look forward.  That is, we can look forward in such a way that we forget about all the blessings we already have been granted by God.  So often we dwell on our future ambitions: what will we become, what will our children become, how can we afford to buy this, what will tomorrow bring, I hope to have such and such, I hope to gain such and such position, I wish for this and that.  And not that all ambition is bad, but today I met a man who’s ambition was to be thankful.  I want to be ambitious for that also.
     March 23rd, 2010  Rob Crust   3 comments

    3 responses to “Looking Backward”

    • I am thankful for God giving me a brother who is also my brother in Christ and who helps me grow closer to Christ by challenging me to be ambitious in living a thankful life. You know brother that this does not come naturally to me, so thank you for putting in front of me once again.

      Phill

    • (This is a comment on the previous post)

      Wow, is this Roberto Crust? What is happening. You must be having some experience out there. (tongue in cheek). I want to be on your team.

    • Rob: Glad to read your blogs, thankful you’re still loving your sweet wife and the things of God.
      In His mighty grasp,
      Tedd Mathis
      Westcliffe, CO