No Past

I was in a Strategic Planning meeting at my church one evening.  We seemed to be continually talking about how things used to be and what we used to do.

I asked them to consider what it would be like if we had been a church start, with 180 people in attendance each week and no past.

It was amazing to me how hopeful that sounded. 

There is nothing wrong with remembering the past, but when it is all you can do, it becomes a distraction.