ALLIGATOR LIZARDS IN THE AIR

On my way to BSF last night, I turned melancholy. I was listening to an oldies' station and I heard the lyrics from a song by the 70's group America. The song had the very forgettable lyrics "alligator lizards in the air". The song "Venture a Highway," made even more popular by ESPN's Chris Berman with his nickname for former big leaguer Robin Ventura, whom he called Ventura Highway.

What made me sad was to think of those times in conjunction with missed opportunities, missed or lessened relationships. When I taught a night class at Rend Lake College back in 1974, I would hear another America song, "(Oz Never Did Give Nothing to) The Tin Man". It stuck with me and reminded me of those times now past.

Maybe because I was on my way to the first BSF class of the year, The Life of Moses. I'm in my 7th and final year of this study, and I'm already missing it, so I was ripe for nostalgia. But this was different because it involved regrets. Besides people and opportunites I missed, one of the biggest was my relationship with Christ.

I should be so much farther down the road in my spiritual life. I mean somewhere in scripture, we're told that God makes up that lost time for the season(s) we were away. So I shouldn't look back with remorse.

Plus, I would have missed all relationships from the 80's until now. But sometimes old songs can do that. Along with old age.