Time

I often have to remind myself not to be so disappointed in all of the years lost while I was not following Christ.  I know how merciful He has been to me, but at times I still get disappointed in myself looking back.  This morning I was enjoying a good read by Ravi Zacharias and came across the following that I MUST share, as it will help me (and hopefully others) to appreciate the "benefit of time's distant view."

Ravi Zacharias writes........... "I can now enjoy the benefit of time's distant view.  The Jesus I know and love today I encountered at the age of seventeen.  But His name and His tug in my life mean infinitely more now than they did when I first surrendered my life to Him.  I came to Him because I did not know which way to turn.  I have remained with Him because there is no other way I wish to turn.  I came to Him longing for something I did not have.  I remain with Him because I have something I will not trade.  I came to Him as a stranger.  I remain with Him in the most intimate of friendships.  I came to Him unsure about the future.  I remain with Him certain about my destiny.  I came amid the thunderous cries of a culture that has three hundred and thirty million deities.  I remain with Him knowing that truth cannot be all-inclusive.  Truth by definition excludes.