Journey update 3-9-07
Nostalgia and Lyrics Continued

“Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait patiently for it. Romans 8:23-25

I wrote about Nostalgia yesterday .

I believe that Nostalgia and Hope are two sides of the same coin. Nostalgia causes us to look back and see the good that was. It creates longing. Hope presents the same situation. Hope causes us to look forward and creates a longing for the good that will be.

We can’t live in either place. We can’t allow ourselves to constantly look over our shoulder at the past. That stops all forward momentum, for who can truly walk forward while looking back. But the future is still the future. Paul says we wait patiently for it.

While I am often nostalgic, I am even more often full of an unquenchable hope. God’s plan cannot be thwarted. He will make all things new. What a beautiful promise.
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Some lyrics that create longings, not of nostalgia but of hope.
From "Shiloh" by Andrew Peterson

(This song can also be found on Itunes)

I've been thinkin' about my home
I've never been but I will, I know
Meadow green and the river wide
Valley deep and the mountain high

The saints of old are singing now (Shiloh)
My ears are ringing with the sound (Shiloh)
But greater still, as clear as day (Shiloh)
I can hear my Savior saying
I can hear my Savior saying
I can hear my Savior say

"Come home, come home and rest awhile
Come home, come home and rest awhile"

Better get on home to Shiloh