“Our chaotic world sometimes moves us to yearn for life as it used to be.”

A thought by George Barna (2011-05-15) in his book, Futurecast: What Today's Trends Mean for Tomorrow's World (Kindle Locations 485-486). Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

Do you feel that way? I can’t say I do. I like living in this time in history. I am 64 years of age so I have seen other times that were chaotic.

For instance I lived in the 60’s. In no way do I want to go back to those days of major unrest. I lived in Michigan during the Detroit riots and I lived in Ohio when those students were killed at Kent State. My draft lottery number was 249 so I didn’t have to go to Vietnam but I remember those horrible days.

Margaret and I went and saw Woody Allen’s movie, Midnight in Paris, a couple of weeks back. In it Owen Wilson’s character was an author who lived with the despair of not living in the 20’s in Paris. He knew life would have been so much more fulfilling if he could have lived in Paris in the 20’s. Woody Allen did an entertaining job of showing the need to appreciate the time you live in rather than pining for the days of old.

Now for me today is my day of opportunity and it is the time and place I have been created to live, right now. Yes I am retired and I sometimes miss being a pastor in Newport News, Virginia or Austin,Texas or Las Vegas, Nevada. I was a church planter and I loved my life then but I also love my life now and I don’t want to go back.

I have learned that life is to be lived in the now not in the past but also with an eye on the future.

What do you think?

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