A Chance to Start Over

I've been reflecting this week on Mark Beeson's message from last weekend. Mark reminded us that we have a good God who is waiting on us. He calls us to be people of focus, people who walk in the light, people who mark moments on the journey.

I keep thinking about Mark's words that he challenges us with so often: "if you take steps in this direction, you'll end up over here..." The steps we take today determine where we'll be tomorrow. Don't like where your life is heading? Then change direction! Point your feet the other way.

This brings me to where my focus has been this week: we serve a good God, a gracious God who allows us to start again. He allows us to change direction. He allows us to hit the reset button over and over and over. Can you imagine a God who wouldn't allow that? What if He had a max - "you get 3 restarts and then you're disqualified". Not our God! Even when others won't allow us to start over, even when we struggle to allow it in ourselves, the One who made us never runs out of fresh starts for his children.

Wow. A God who not only allows restarts, but cheers us on and embraces us when we do.