No Turning Back

"Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold all things become new." II Corinthians 5:17

We have before us a brand new year; 365 days completely untouched, unused and unmarred.  Businesses will take inventory, Uncle Sam will collect his due taxes and many a New Years resolution will be made -- all with the same purpose -- to wipe the slate clean and start anew.  It seems to be a universal need to leave our past behind. All the world wants a 'do over.'

Jesus surely understood this as He dealt with the woman caught in adultery; He understood it when He talked with Nicodemus in the wee hours. He understood it when he decided to build His church, beginning with Peter; bumbling, fickle, cowardly Peter, who opened his mouth when he shouldn't have and kept it closed when he shouldn't have and made a general nuisance of himself. But the second the big fisherman confessed Jesus as Lord, all of that was forgotten. All his failures were blotted out never to be remembered. And we know the rest of the story.

We can have that same experience.  It's promised to us when we step within the fold of the family of God!

A new year with all its possibilities; a new life with all its potential. What will you do with 2013?

                   Father, for those of us who need to make a new start, let this be the time.

© 2013