{"id":1884,"date":"2011-06-20T10:24:44","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T14:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2011-06-20T10:24:44","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T14:24:44","slug":"how-do-i-stop-regretting-my-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/20\/how-do-i-stop-regretting-my-past\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I stop regretting my past?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magnificence. <\/strong>What comes to mind when you hear that word? Webster does little to do the word justice. It defines magnificence with words like splendor.<\/p>\n

OK. But what is truly magnificent?<\/p>\n

If you like Westerns, you are surely familiar with The Magnificent Seven. <\/strong>Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Charles Bronson, James Coburn \u2014 all carrying guns! It\u2019s hard to get more magnificent than that!<\/p>\n

Every Father\u2019s day, I think of my dad. So in that sense, Father\u2019s day is no different than any other day in my life. Even though he\u2019s been dead almost a decade, I think of him every day. When I think of my dad these days, I think he was magnificent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s like that with Pennsylvania. When I was in grade-school, our family took a trip and crossed the United States with a truck camper. I saw the Rocky Mountains, the Redwood Forest, the Grand Canyon. Colorado, California beaches. When we returned home, my mother, who was about the age I am now, said, \u201cI don\u2019t think there is anything prettier than these hills of Pennsylvania on a summer\u2019s day.\u201d I thought she was out of her mind. But I caught myself saying the same thing this past week. When I look at these Penn\u2019s Woods, I think they are magnificent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But there is something more magnificent than any of these things. It\u2019s found in the story of Peter\u2019s denial.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This podcast speaks of the magnificence of God\u2019s grace, helping us overcome our own failures.<\/p>\n