Missed Out

GCD Weekly Newsletter - 21st February 2025

I remember the first iPod nano I ever saw. It sat docked into the stereo system at my uncle’s house while he told us all about the various functions and unending storage capacity. 2GBs! Can you imagine?

A few years later, I went to stay with his family for a few days and while he showed me around the guest room, he pointed out his pride and joy, a brand new record player. I’m not sure when technology started moving in reverse, but I think it must have been around that time. Ever since those moments, I have wanted an iPod and a record player. I don’t even know why, to be perfectly honest with you. There’s just something about the nostalgia of it all. Nostalgia for an item I never owned, and for another that was outdated before I’d even been born.

I wonder how many of us long for those things that we wish we’d once had. The fads that passed us by, or the clothes we wish we could have afforded when they were cool. Maybe you’re like me, and you’ve been waiting for them to come back around again, so you can finally get to wear them!

We miss out on all sorts of things in life. Some are silly and some are more serious.

This week’s articles are all about one opportunity or another. Some you might not think much of right now, and others may have been in the back of your mind for months or even years.

Maybe you think it is too late, or that you’ve missed your chance.

Maybe not.

Maybe now is the time to think about them again.

Grace and Peace,

Adsum Try Ravenhill is married to Anna and together they are passionate about seeing men and women discipled in the context of the local church. They live in Reading, UK and are part of a church plant that meets in the town hall. Adsum edits the GCD Weekly Newsletter and can be found through his writing at The Raven’s Writing Desk. You can find all of Adsum’s previous articles for GCD here.

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