We head into a new year giving ourselves a clean slate, a fresh start. "This is going to be my year!" That usually means to me "Do Over." In reality there are no do overs we cannot go back to the 6th grade or as a 12 yr old and start over. We are pretty much stuck at our present age with all the debt, marriages, failures, etc.
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I'm already praying and educating myself to accomplish more (which would be anything), hitting the ground running January first! I can't "do over" life, but on the First day of next year, I'll wake up...."Unproductive year for me"? "Do Over"! I'm going to focus on consistently reading more books, maybe even write one. I'll get out and volunteer more etc.
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There was the fall of man, and sin entered the world and mankind broke the relationship and heart of God. "Do Over" can't be accomplished on our own. You're not able to turn over a new leaf and act like things are all right. We do not have that authority.
The Apostle Paul wrote "Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through faith in Christ Jesus." That is how the slate is clean and we become justified, even guilt feeling erased. We then have our faith in Jesus as our only hope to spend eternity with God. "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only begotten Son, that whoever BELIEVES IN HIM shall not perish but have eternal life." It is simply ; By Grace alone, thru Faith alone in Christ alone. The Bible says: Old thing are passed away, all things made new. Then pertaining to our relationship with God it's like a ..."Do Over."
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