My First Rear View

So I was driving home from dropping my girls off with their dad and in my rear view mirror I see a beat up old Toyota with disabled license plates being driven by a lil' old lady. Her passenger, presumably her husband, was flossing his teeth. While we were stopped at a traffic light, the lil' lady started flossing her teeth too! Nothing says love like dental hygiene during a Sunday drive. Now she wasn't a bad driver because when we started moving again, the floss was down and both hands were on the wheel, eyes front. BUT it did give me the inspiration to begin this blog.

We all know hind sight is 20/20. We see clearly and much more perfectly after the deeds have been done. And how many of us have face palmed when looking back? I bet it's each and every one of us, at least once. I have many years to face palm for, but at the risk of bruising my nose, eyes, or forehead and possibly breaking my wrist, I stopped. Thank goodness I stopped! I think I look hideous with bruises on my face, but that's another story about a soccer ball.

As I was thinking about the content for this blog post, I realized there are persons who have perfect forward vision. And yes, I'm going to sound all preachy, but Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have that perfect vision. It's wonderful and amazing and awe inspiring and I'm so very grateful for it and humbled by it. Forgive my run-on sentence(s), but I wouldn't be so happy today without their perfect forward vision. They know what's good for me and what I can handle. And it's a good thing too, because I could have gotten into so much more trouble. I'm fortunate to have them to lean on.

So my challenge is this, like that lil' old lady driving the Toyota, keep your eyes to the front and think and press forward. If your past burdens are weighing you down, get down on your knees and pray to Heavenly Father for help and guidance. He will help. He knows YOU personally and loves YOU as an individual. Ask for Jesus Christ's help in carrying those burdens until you can put them down and leave them in YOUR rear view mirror. Then let them just disappear in the cloud of dust as you move forward.

I know Christ will help you with the burdens of your past because He helped me with mine. I testify to you of that truth. Use your rear view mirror to learn and grow and not repeat your mistakes.

May Heavenly Father bless you! In Jesus Christ's name, Amen.