Faded Glory

Day one of our vacation was amazing. We are travelling in two vehicles. My truck is packed tight so there is only room for one passenger. I got time to spend one-on-one with my grandson for a while, then my granddaughter, and finally my wife. It was all good.

For supper, we ate the best Italian meal I’ve ever had. We were under dressed for the really nice restaurant. They put us in a room by ourselves at a wonderful window table. It was as if the restaurant and its staff was there only for us and not the crowd the filled the rest of the restaurant.

We ended the day poolside at the foot of a mountain with a cool breeze blowing. It was a day none of us will ever forget.

We are staying at the Arlington in Hot Springs. It was one of the classier hotels in the country in its time. It’s time has pretty much past. It’s like staying in a museum. The building is out of the twenties and the staff has a friendliness that reminds of the fifties. You can only imagine what this place must have been like when President Roosevelt stayed here seeking treatment and cure for his polio.

Faded glory is the best description. It reminds me how often we try to live off the good or even great things that God has done through us in the past. That’s wrong. God is not a God of faded glory. He has wonderful things for us today and tomorrow; no matter how faded the memories of the days of “glory” seem; He has wonderful new glories He is trying to do in our lives, today and into many tomorrows.

For us tomorrow is here. It’s time for day two of the vacation.