Falling Back to Propel Forward

This past Sunday, I heard a Methodist Pastor speak on the topic of "Missional Churches." What he said I absorbed minimally (let's face it-- even with a will of sincere determination-- as a college student I don't always catch a full 8 hours of sleep, thus occassionally limiting my attention span on a Sunday morning), but one thought he proposed did penetrate me:

"We must go back sometimes in order to go forward."

Granted, this man was talking about looking back at the concept of "Church" Jesus intended for us in order to build upon our churches today (a wonderful, valid point). But I began to consider how that concept applied to my own life. The past few months have been full of sometimes painful recollection of the past (aka hard heart work with Jesus), so that I may be restored for His greater purpose.

That pastor was on to something, I believe. Examining the past aids in propeling us toward the future.

And so, I think the same goes for this here 'blog. I think some of the things I penned (figuratively, of course) last semester still need to be chewed on and digested here. And so they will add to the beauty of this crumb of dust's tales, which themselves merely endeavor to add to the beauty of the One who created beauty itself (that's a lot of beauty, eh?). :)


And so the next few posts will be a series of throwbacks to good ole' Fall of 2008.
(As if I couldn't have spared the extensive explanation above and kept it to just that ^^).