THE BEST IS YET TO BE

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Abilene Christian University has a new President. He is the son of a friend who was a fellow classmate when I was a student at Abilene Christian College in the 1950's.

The school he will lead is bigger and "better" and in a sense it is a "different" school. Things have changed.

President Barack Obama leads a "different" country than the one I grew up in. Much has changed.

My last church where I was Senior Minister for fifteen years is hiring a young, new preacher. The church he will preach to is "different" than the one I ministered to. Yes, things have changed.

Is change good? Not always. But it can be. But good or not---change will come.

I have been thinking. Would I go back and do it all over again if I could?

Of course if we could hand pick, separate the good from the bad, keep the things we like and get rid of the things we don't like---most of us would go for that. But that is not to be!

So no, I wouldn't want to go back. I want to go on to new adventures. God has had a lot to offer thus far, why shouldn't I expect the rest to be just as good if not better.

Oh yes, I'm excited about today, tomorrow and the rest of the tomorrows.

The old songs says, " We are going down the valley one by one, we are heading toward the setting of the sun..."  I don't know about you but I want to go with gusto.

What next, Lord, what next? I'm excited!