I Have a Future!!!

There is a certain TV commercial out and the man in the commercial says something to the effect of "There is no past. There is no present. There is just right now- this moment." I know the writer's are trying to convince you that you must live in the moment and that their product will make your moment better, but I have so many problems with that commercial that I'm gonna blog about it. So There!!

Let's break it down.

First statement: There is no past. Duh there's a past! How else would we be where we are today, stupid? I would probably rephrase it "Don't live in the past. You can't change it. Don't miss out on your present because of your past." But c'mon man! Are you an ancient civilization that had no concept of keeping track of the history of mankind? Side story-- my mom and I have a joke that goes "Really?! Are you 12?!" I feel like substituting it like this "Really?! Are you some sort of ancient civilization that has no concept of time?!" Not funny? Ok. I'm lame. Anyway....

So second statement: There is no future. In  a sense yes, there is no tangible, scientific way to prove future, and Christ may come back any day now and there might not be any future beyond today, but because we have a past we can assume we have at least a little bit of future, right? I mean, yesterday today was considered tomorrow.  Say today it's Friday. Thursday Friday was considered the future and Wednesday Thursday was considered the future, but today is Friday so now Friday is the present and Thursday is the past. Is it safe to assume that we have at least a little future? Ok. Good. Another point I want to make isn't related to time at all. If we don't have a future, then what are we doing? Why do we go to school? Why do we work? Why are we here at all? If there is no future, then none of it has any purpose at all and that means we have no purpose. If we have no purpose, if we are nothing and that means Christ died for nothing and that's just simply not true.  My favorite verse, Jeremiah 29:11 says, "For I know the thoughts that I think towards you," says the LORD, "thoughts of good and not of evil. Plans to give you a FUTURE and a HOPE." (emphasis added) We DO have a future and we do have a hope!! Isn't that exciting?

I think so. You know what, Travel Channel, I like that you take me to new places and that I get to see funny guys eat funny things, but you are wrong! There is a past. There is a future. So There!!