I Just Kissed Yesterday Goodbye (standard:humor, 901 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Jan 16 2022	Views/Reads: 949/581	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
When I kiss yesterday goodbye I can focus on the day, today, that God has made to be a blessing in my life.

Focus is an essential part of getting something done. Sometimes my focus
is more on yesterday than it is today. I waste a lot of time looking 
backward. 

The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage often rebukes me because I look
in the past. I talk more about yesterday than I do today. On the other 
hand, she is always focused on today and what can be done today. 

I look back and see yesterday and what I didn't accomplish. I try to
relive yesterday, and it never works. 

My father used to tell me, “If you were supposed to look behind you, God
would've put eyes in the back of your head. God knows what He's doing.” 


The older I get, the more sense that makes to me. I can waste all my
time looking back or investing my time in today and looking forward. I 
can't look both ways. 

Of course, it is pretty hard to transition as a husband. My wife will
ask me many times, “Did you remember to do....” Then she fills in the 
blank with many things that she wanted me to do yesterday. 

I once, and only once, tried to make a joke out of it and said to her,
“Yesterday is over, and I have nothing more to do with it.” 

The lecture I got on that subject from her entitles me to some Ph.D.
degree in something or other. (PhD is simply Pretty Hard to Disagree.) 

Amazingly, the one in our house who is always focused on today is
concerned about my yesterday. I'm not going to approach her on that 
subject; I like my life as it is right now. One of the hardest things 
that I have in life is saying goodbye to somebody. When I went off to 
Bible school, I remember saying goodbye to my parents, which was a 
tough thing to do. The Bible school was maybe 10 hours away from where 
we lived. So when I said goodbye, I knew I was leaving and I wouldn't 
have access to them as I have had. 

This was before cell phones, texting and the Internet. My only contact
was the landline house phone. I could not call them when I wanted to, 
as we can do today. 

Today, all I have to do is send a text message no matter the time of
day, and they will respond to me when they get the text. 

Saying goodbye to my parents and moving out of the house was a chore for
me in many regards. I had no idea what I was going to be doing. I did 
not have any idea how I would take care of myself. At that time I was 
focused on looking forward and was excited about what I would 
experience. 

It was then that I first discovered what it means to kiss yesterday
goodbye. 

When I said goodbye to my parents at that point, I put everything behind
me, and I was going to experience a new adventure that I didn't know 
much about. For me, it was exciting. It was a time to try new things 
and new experiences. 

I was soon to learn the key ingredient in kissing yesterday goodbye. I
had no idea what was before me when I closed yesterday, but I was 
anxious to navigate new waters in my life. 

At this Bible school, I met a young lady. Since we were going to school
together, she was a year ahead of me, we ran across each other every 
day. So it wasn't long before we became what is called “an item.” That 
was something brand-new for me. I never was part of an “item.” 

It was then I began to understand that today's “item” can take your
focus off of yesterday. I never knew it quite like that before. To kiss 
yesterday goodbye is to welcome today into your life sometimes you 
don't know what's associated with today. 

Letting yesterday go enables me to enjoy today and get ready for
tomorrow. I need to remember; today is tomorrow's yesterday. 


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