For the past couple of weeks, I have been using the bus from central Bristol home. I find this a reminiscence exercise, especially on the bus journeys I used to use sometimes twice daily.
What I am finding, though, is that the old buildings, mainly shops, are going, and some are not being replaced or taken over by anyone. What I am seeing is something that I regarded as always being there going.
Summer of 2005 carries on this theme. All of my school, all three schools, from ages 4 to 14, were tore down during that time. They are now empty wasteland or housing developments.
What am I hanging on to? Surely I'm not suppose to hang on to stuff like this? To live life to the full (John 10:10) I need to, because of God, become a new creation; because the old [ways have] gone, the new has come(2 Corinthians 5:17)! I need to not hang on to this stuff, and learn and grow from what I got from it all, and be defined by my future, not my past.
