As we journey through life, it's easy to get so wrapped up in what we are doing at the moment that we forget what went before and what is yet to come. And yet, without the past, the present wouldn't be what it is and without a future it wouldn't make any sense to be doing what we are now doing.
I've always been fascinated by what went on in the past at the very spot I am now doing something. How did it all begin? Who had the original idea and how did he or she have the ability to assemble the materials, people, finances and insight to get it all operational and then keep it going? How did the first customers of the business or product find out about it and why did they spend their time and money to support it? And, to think that we are now perpetuating the "dream" and making plans to keep it going into the future so that others can work here, or be visitors here, creating a legacy for who knows how long.
I guess that's what life is all about. Thinking about all that went before, doing something of value which people not even born yet can enjoy years and years from now. And all this is happening in hundreds and thousands and millions of places all around the world every second of every day and has been going on for thousands and thousands of years. It's mind boggling to think about and even more mind boggling to think that some people think it all happened because of a Big Bang and some ooze that became a thing which became a human.
None of what we do is done without a plan and a person or group of people to implement that plan. I'm thankful that we are part of a long line of people, brought into a specific time and place for a specific purpose, and that the One who has designed it, created it and sustains it for us and those who come after us, is no further away than a thought or a word or a prayer........Thank You, Lord.
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