Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Nostalgic For Better Days.

 Nostalgia is a funny thing. It is our ability to reminisce about the good old days when things were much better. We tend to look at the past through rose colored glasses.

This idea that the past was better has put a man into office as our president. This idea that the old days were better also seems to have infiltrated our Fellowship. We have this idea that our best years are behind us. We spend a lot of effort trying to recapture the glory days of our recent past.

But better is a relative term. Better than what? Better in what way? Are we saying the the best things can be are when they are brand new? That our best life was back then?

Are the best years of your marriage behind you? To recapture those exciting days do you need to dump your wife and find a new one? Or do you as a couple need to act like newlyweds to be happy? Is marriage boring now that you have been together for a few years?

Are the best years of our local church behind us? Those years of explosive growth. Those years of waves of new converts coming in. The excitement of seeing God come through with miracle money. But now that we are big and wealthy and proven, is the thrill all gone for us? Now that we have what we used to dream about, is it unsatisfying?

I grew up in a traditional household with both parents, a sister, a dog and a cat, in a suburban house. Everything was fine until my parents got bored and divorced. I became a latch key kid. I grew up, moved out, and got saved. I never dream about reliving those days.

Salvation was exciting when it was brand new. Now, over 50 years later, it is satisfying and comforting and fulfilling. But not exciting.

I believe that our best years are still to come. Comparing now to then is a fools game.

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