Last night, I found myself listening, on Youtube, to some old Korean music I used to listen to. Boy, talk about nostalgia! I haven’t listened to these music in years, and they have awakened in me memories that have been buried for years.
I became rather emotional and found myself yearning for the “good ole’ days.” Only if I could get on the time machine and go back to the past. Then, I can relive those carefree and innocent days… 
But reason came flying in and asked, “Are you sure those days were really that great? Would you really want to relive those days in those settings?” The fact of the matter is that in those days (the good ole days), I looked forward to THIS day – when I would be established in the society, have a job, have a family, and done with school! 
The emotion that says “If I can just go back to the past, I will be happier,” is a lie. It is a misplaced yearning. It is not the yearning itself that is wrong but what the yearning is for and where it can find satisfaction. What I’m actually yearning for is the future. 
C.S. Lewis was right when he said our joy is not IN the matter itself, but only comes THRU the matter. The matter is music, memory, friendship, family, etc. My yearning for the past was really a yearning for the future life with the One who loves me. Until then, I will never find satisfaction in this world. 
“For the Lord is righteous; He loves righteous deeds. The upright will see His face.”Psalm 11:7
What does His face represent? The most beautiful intimacy that I am and you are created for. The satiation of the yearning that has been put in our hearts as a homing device to pull us in. 
Don’t settle for the sign – family, friends, music, prestige, comfort. Go for what those signs point to – Jesus!
PH