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Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. “Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.Hebrews 12:12-13

 

William Wordsworth, the English poet, wrote, “The child is the father of the man.” Events of your childhood shape your destiny and future as an adult.

We are the product of our genes and chromosomes, our heredity, and our environment. But the question is: “Must our future be determined by our past?”

We cannot erase our past. But the real issue is not where we came from, or even what happened to us as children or as to our parents. The real issue is asking ourselves, “Where do I want to go? What do I want to become, and how do I want to reach my objectives?” The past may have been difficult, but the future is a new page. Dwelling on the past failures or difficulties doesn’t help us formulate a plan for advancement.

Long ago Paul wrote, “Forgetting what is behind…” (Philippians 3:13). Paul knew we would be thinking of that. “Let s fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2). It’s the upward look, not the backward glance that gives us hope for tomorrow.