I had lunch with my seminary professor Bob Tuttle the other day. He has some serious memory issues. He didn't remember his birthday or how old he was. Over the course of an hour he asked me 10 times at least if I had children and how they were doing.
We talked about the past. I had to remind him of where he taught theology... Fuller Theological in Pasadena, Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Garrett Evangelical in Chicago and Asbury in Orlando Florida.
He kept apologizing for things that he did not remember. I tried to get him to focus on all that he had accomplished. I talked to him about all of the students that he touched and then exponentially, how many people those students had touched. I told him, this, "you may not remember everything, but no one can take away the truth of what you accomplished and the lives that you have touched." He cried.
I was talking to a friend about my days, I mean, our days, of working at Woods Chapel. I will never forget them telling me, "no matter what happens, no one can take away from the good work that you did, that we did for those 22 years."
Please remind yourself and others... things may change, you may get down in the dumps, but the good things that you have accomplished in life can never be taken away. It will always be true that they happened and that many lives were touched.
I take some comfort in that, I hope that you do as well.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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