Past.
December 8th, 2006
Several years ago I worked in the office of a temporary employment agency. Part of my job included helping with scheduling people for temporary jobs. There was a whole set of abbreviations we used to keep records. “NCNS” was used when someone failed to show up at a job assignment without reason; “No Call, No Show.” “NER” notated someone who was “Not Eligible for Rehire.” “LPM” was used all the time to notate that someone in the office had “Left a Phone Message.”
Now I oversee the worship arts department at New Hope, which includes making sure that there is a full worship team for all the services. Today I called someone to fill-in for someone else on the worship team one week. I left a voicemail for them and then for my record I made a note with their name and “LPM” next to it. I make this notation all the time, but it wasn’t until today that I realized where it originally came from.
Just exactly how much of my today is influenced by my past? Hmm. I wager to say close to all of it, in one way or another. So if my today is influenced by my past, then it only makes sense that all of my future will be influenced by my today.
December 8th, 2006 at 5:54 am
Hmm…that’s true. We are affected by our past. Our experiences shape our perception of everything around us and help shape our personality and character.
I guess, for me, the real question is, how long will our future last? I think we will live forever. Physical death will only be a temporary thing.
I wonder how much of what we do now will continue to influence us for eternity?
December 8th, 2006 at 1:38 pm
“What we do in life echoes in eternity.”
Maximus, Gladiator
That’s why it’s so important to study history. To avoid the mistakes of the past.
December 8th, 2006 at 7:04 pm
I think today’s was pretty………profound. It was very insightful, but profound. (In the nicest way possible)
December 9th, 2006 at 11:00 pm
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