These Are The Days

This morning I have an important question to ask: “When were ‘the good old days?'” What I mean is, exactly what year, or what decade, or what century are we talking about? If you are 9, maybe it was a time when you didn’t have to get out of bed early for school. If you are 79, maybe it was a time when you still had reason to get out of bed early for anything!

It seems like it’s just in our nature to want to look back and reminisce about how much better things were in days gone by. In this regard, a wise man had this to say: “Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.” -1

So this morning, perhaps, the more important question is, “are we living in the good old days — right here and right now?” And if not, why not?

In today’s Gospel Lesson, Jesus says that the “Kingdom of Heaven is like…