Hi everyone!! I thought you might find some renewed focus from this.
Hope you enjoy...Mercy
LOOKING AHEAD
During General Colin Powell's tenure as US Secretary of State, he discovered that a speech he made to the United Nations had been based on wrong information. In his long and distinquished career, this was a low point...a blot on his record. He said:
"I'm sorry it happened and wish those who knew better had spoken up in time, but there isn't anyting else I can say about it."
Instead of being chained by the past, Mr. Powell says he has chosen to "focus on the front windshield and not the rearview mirror" of life.
All of us have something in our past we regret doing.(like smoking)
It may have been an honest mistake (being stupid teenagers trying cigarettes), a moral failure or a foolish decision (to not have quit sooner).
We wish it had not happened, but it remains in our mind and often drags us down. (we have regretted smoking ever since)
The writer of Proverbs said that "honey"....is sweet to your taste, so shall the knowledge of wisdom (what we have now learned about smoking) be to your soul...if you have found it...there is a prospect(future hope). We have found the knowledge about cigarette smoking.
While the past remains part of our lives, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DETERMINE OUR FUTURE!! With God's wisdom He offers hope for our future.
*******The vain regretes of yesterday
Have vanished through God's pardoning grace,
The quilty fear has passed away
And joy has come to take it's place.
IT'S BETTER TO LOOK AHEAD AND PREPARE
THAN TO LOOK BACK AND DESPAIR!!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/21/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 123
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,460
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $549.81
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 16 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 15 [B]Seconds:[/B] 50
