Let's Get a Move On-(2 of 2)
"Let Us Go On…Ye have compassed this mountain long enough”…~ Heb. 6:1; Deut. 2:3
The logical question after being told this is, "Where do I start?" Amidst the rubble of devastation that severe trials can bring, we are all prone to become bewildered as to the where to begin again. Such an inquiry is understandable after having the sky fall in on you, so to speak. With all the debris surrounding you from the previous storm it is easy to become mystified.
To tell one to go back seldom settles anything, for the past is mostly unchangeable. And the future is unknown, so that is futile. It is only in the present that we can determine direction; therefore, start from where you are.
You don’t start from the beginning, unless you never started; you start from where you left off. That is, pick-up where you left off. It’s okay to look back in hindsight; that can make you wiser. But to go back, that, my friend, is just stupid.
After the great Chicago fire of 1871, the story was told of a Jewish shop keeper who lost everything. The next day, along with his wife and children, he cleared away the debris where the show window had been. There he placed a sign on a piece of charred wood, that read: “Business tomorrow as usual.” And what more can I say? other than, "Let's get a move on."
by an Aged Saint