Anew
Have you ever made a mistake? You
don't have to answer; I already know you have. I have. Lots of them. I once
stole a pack of gum from the grocery store. Let's just say I was so overridden
with guilt it was obvious that the life of a criminal was not in my future.
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| One of my mistakes - cleaning out the bathroom cabinet with my trowel |
When I was a child and made mistakes my parents were there
to guide or punish or both, whatever fit the situation, but the older I got,
the less parent involvement and more God involvement there was/is. When I do
things now that are wrong, the Holy Spirit is there to prick my conscience.
"Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for the who have been trained by it" (Hebrews 12:10-11).
When I hear the word "anew" I think of a starting over. One of the things I am so thankful for in Christ is His
forgiveness. Whenever I come before Him with a repentant heart, He is ready
with open arms to correct and forgive.
"Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3:13-14).
You may be thinking that you have gone too far in your sin
to ever come back to God, but that's simply not true. No matter how many
mistakes you've made or how horrible the choices were that you made, God is the One who can make your life anew.
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I
am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a
way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland" (Isaiah 43:18-19).
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