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January 06

In the book Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do, Robert Schuller speaks of his boyhood on a small farm in Iowa. His family was poor, but they managed to get by in an area where the weather was not predictable. One summer the family was particularly devastated when a tornado virtually destroyed their farm. However, they remained grateful that all the family members had escaped unharmed. After the storm, they returned to survey their damaged property. Among the ruins was a sign that used to hang on the kitchen wall. Originally the sign read: “Keep looking to Jesus” . . . but after the tornado, broken in two, it simply said: “Keep Looking.”3

“Keep Looking” . . . a marvelous motto for a person at any stage of life particularly as one gets older.

Looking back on his life in the magnificent passage of Philippians 3, the Apostle Paul reflects on the glorious experiences he has had in serving Jesus Christ. Then he says this in verse twelve:

“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect . . . But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:12a,13b,14).

Then he adds this bit of wisdom for you and me: All of us who are mature should take such a view of things (Philippians 3:15a).

In other words: Keep Looking!