Hindsight: Look Into the Past

So, a WHOLE lot of stuff has happened to some friends and myself this past semester, wrapping up one heck of a freshman year in college. As of late, a friend and myself have discovered something, thought it is nothing new. This concept is called, you guessed it, hindsight.

The song "Thanks For The Memories," by Fall Out Boy makes a surprisingly profound statement. Near the end of the second verse, the song states, "It's always cloudy except for when you look into the past." Granted, the song itself is talking about the mistake of a one night stand. But, it speaks volumes. As humans, we can't rightly see ten feet in front of our face as far as the future is concerned. We try SO hard to figure out what the future holds. We are so impatient. In short, foresight is harder to receive than hindsight. Our future is cloudy; our past, painfully clear.

Romans 8:28 tells us that everything works out. In the midst of a hairy situation, we can't see the road ahead of us for what it is. We see only the immediate hardships. Yet, God saves us from seeing what we COULD have went through, the pain he saved us from. Here's a good way to see it. A pastor was speaking at my school one day, and he told a story of his ascent of Mt. Sinai. It was grueling, exhausting, and seemed to be a waste of time. He saw how dangerous the path was, despite the fact he was climbing during early morning, with almost no light from the sun. He finally made it to the top as the sun was rising. The pastor looked down the mountain as the sun began to cast its light in the path he had just endured. It was then, he saw what God wanted him to see. The sun's light revealed the many cliffs and extremely dangerous ledges that he had been oblivious too during the ascent due to the low light . By looking back from where he came, he saw what God hid from him in order to keep him safe.

We will never fully understand what we go through. Yet, it is not always what we go through that teaches us; it is what God spared us from in the process. Hindsight is one of life's greatest teachers, used by the Lord frequently to save us from much harm. A lot of things have happened to me as of late, but God has given me the hindsight to see what could have been. I have developed perseverance in the face of trial (James 1:2-3) and kept my eyes on God every step of the way. And so, this concludes my end-of-the-semester post.

Good night, and God Bless.