In 1995 Roy Clark recorded the song, “When I Was Young.”
This is one stanza out of that song:
Yesterday when I was young
So many happy songs were waiting to be sung,
So many wild pleasures lay in store for me
And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see.
I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out,
I never stopped to think what life was all about
And every conversation I can now recall
Concerned itself with me and nothing else at all.
The meaning is very clear. We plow through life in the early stages, thinking it is all about us and what pleasures we can get out of it. Overlooking the snags along the way, we try as best we can to leave the pain behind. However, as life draws closer to its climax, reality sets in and there is a longing for the ignorance of youth. Some step out of the crowd, rushing to eternity, and examine the cross and find the true meaning of life.
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
How about you? Is life a sad song or a place where the Risen One reigns?
Think about it.
Gary