making sense from our "yesterdays"

I once advised a young lady that we cannot look out into the future and understand the way things will be or how we will feel then based on our today. As we go through life each season informs the next such that we can only make sense of our today once we get there and see how our yesterdays begin to make sense.

Sometimes given our proneness to fear, what we thought was a "grizzly bear" chasing us and trying to harm us is really a "prince" that was holding our hand through treacherous times.

While this can be true of people in our lives, it is most certainly true of God. Because of our fear in the midst of difficult circumstances in life, we are prone to think of God as an adversary or judge. However, coming out the other side we surely see Him as our friend and indeed the sustainer of life.

Happy Birthday to my dear friend.
Remember, today is yesterday's tomorrow and is the first day of the rest of your life!!