The Good Ol’ Days

 

By Andrea Merrell

This is the day the Lord has made.
    We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24 NLT

 

My grandparents used to talk about their early days when they could buy a Coca Cola for a nickel or gas for twenty-nine cents a gallon. Bread was a quarter, and a brand new car less than five-hundred dollars. They called them the good ol’ days.

But were they really that good? Times were hard. Jobs and necessities were scarce. In those days, people had to work extra long and hard to make enough money to even pay those small prices. In today’s economy, there is no comparison.

The problem comes when we live in the past and dwell on all the things that were good. That’s when we tend to forget about all the good going on in our life today. Prices keep rising. The cost of living goes up almost daily. But we live in a world of abundance, convenience, and incredible technology.

The psalmist said, “This is the day the Lord has made.” That means today. Now. And we are instructed to “rejoice and be glad in it.” To thank God for it. To commit it to Him and trust Him to meet our needs. To live it to the fullest.

Don’t live in the past. Refuse to worry about tomorrow. Embrace today, and thank God for every single blessing He pours out. With Him, the good ol' days are still to come.

 

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