It's Never Too Late to Start Again

My dad often said, and always with a smile, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” Today can be a fresh start. A new beginning.

We don’t have to stay stuck or remain in a rut. We aren’t doomed to failure because of our past. No matter how far we’ve veered off the path, or fallen short of our goals, we can begin again. Starting today.

In John 8 we read about some Pharisees and teachers of the law that brought an adulterous woman to Jesus. They wanted her condemned. They wanted her stoned to death.

Instead, Jesus bent down and started writing in the dirt. “Let whoever is without sin cast the first stone,” he said.

One by one, everyone left. When Jesus looked up, he was alone with the woman.

“Where did everyone go?” he asked. “Did no one condemn you?”

“No one,” the woman replied.

“Neither do I condemn you,” Jesus said. “Go and sin no more.” (John 8:1-11)

Jesus didn’t condemn the woman. He encouraged her to change her ways and start anew. Go and sin no more.

If we’ve fallen, we can get back up and start again. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Make the best of it. Make it fruitful. Make it peaceful. Make it the start of something glorious!

“For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.”
- Psalm 84:11

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