Life’s Odometer

The distance we have traveled in life
Whether one year or one hundred
Cannot be changed or altered
No matter how much we have blundered

We have been where we have been
We have done what we have done
None of that can ever be changed
No matter what we've lost or what we've won

But in Christ we have a rare opportunity
To be renewed, to be "born again"
To start fresh, to start over
No matter our past, no matter our pain

In Christ, we can reset life's odometer
And head in a whole new direction
Renewed in mind, body, and soul
In Him we become a new creation

Reflection: It is human to dwell on the past. We cannot help but hit the playback button of our minds as if we were watching TV reruns. Inadvertently, however, we sometimes trigger some of the same negative behavior simply by focusing on it. In other words, thinking too much about our past sins can keep us trapped in them. In Christ we find the strength to move forward, beyond past negative and sometimes destructive behavior.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17