Monday, June 24, 2002
Monday, June 24, 2002
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
Intrigued, he asked the owner of the hotel what those words meant. The hotel owner said that
in the days of slavery, runaways from the sugar plantations sometimes escaped into that lonely
and barren territory. They were often pursued by slave owners or the authorities with guns and
dogs. The fugitives were always on the run, always looking over their shoulders. So that was
where the term came from: The Land of Look-Behind.
What a terrible place to live--in a land where you are always looking back over your shoulder in
fear. Some people do live there, but, as Christians, we don't have to.
(2 Corinthians 5.7
NRSV)
Norman Vincent Peale tells of spending some time on a lush tropical isle in Jamaica. In the
hotel in which they were staying there was a map that hung in one of the hallways. In the
corner of the map there was some very faint lettering over an almost totally uninhabited part
of the island. Looking closely Dr. Peale realized that the words were, "The Land of
Look-Behind."
Dear Jesus, thanks for the confidence you have given to me to live boldly for you. Amen.
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