Life in a Rearview Mirror
This is the day which the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it (Psalm 118:24) The right side mirror of a car I once owned had a message printed on it: CAUTION. OBJECTS MAY BE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR. It might be helpful if a similar warning were stamped on our minds to make us aware that some distortion may exist as we remember the past. Are you living life in a rear-view mirror? Many people are. They are so busy looking back, remembering how good things were in the past that they miss the joys of the present. Most of us enjoy looking back, reliving past experiences, but in doing so it is important to remember that memories, like the calibration of a bathroom scale, may be out of kilter. When Bob and I married in 1959, ground beef sold for 19 cents a pound. That sounds like quite a bargain until we recall that his salary was $50 a week and I received 50 cents an hour – not uncommon wages at the time. So while it is true that the ...