“I have set before you life and death; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.” Deuteronomy 30:19-20

A few nights ago after wandering through an endless list of available movies on the various streaming services, I settled on a Steven Spielberg action film called “Cowboys & Aliens”. Now that sounded like fun, after all, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and James Bond (Daniel Craig) were in it! What could be better entertainment than an old western filled with menacing aliens chasing these two guys! At one point during the movie one of the cowboys is having a conversation with an old preacher. The cowboy proceeds to recount the rough life he’s lived, and the bad choices he’s made, to which the wise old preacher replies,

“Son, God Doesn’t Care Where You’ve Been, He Only Cares Where You’re Going”

Truer words have never been spoken. With Jesus, your past is just that, in the past. You can make sure it stays there by choosing life today. Your future is what’s important and it can truly be a gift from God, that’s why it’s often referred to as the “present”. This brand new future can start today.