David: Lord, we're a few days into the new year and I'm wondering if there is such a thing as a false start. Sometimes the race doesn't start well and I stumble. Could you blow the whistle and call us back to the line again?
Jesus: No.
David: But Lord, I had a whole list of things that I was going to do this year to be a better person and I've already messed some of them up.
Jesus: Yep, you did.
David: So, let's erase a few days and make it 1.1.2013 again!
Jesus: No.
David: Fine! I'll just settle for being what I was last year, again. Maybe I can be a better person in 2014.
Jesus: No.
David: Our conversation seems to be stuck. Do you want me to be a better person or not?
Jesus: Not
David: ?
Jesus: I want to help you be more like me. This is not about you being a better you; it's about me being me through you. For that you don't need to be a better person you just need to get out of my way.
David: So can we start over so I can get out of your way?
Jesus: No.
David: We don't seem to be getting anywhere.
Jesus: You don't need to rewind the clock, my grace is not about reliving the past; it's about the past not dictating today. Start now and let me take care of the first eleven days.
David: That makes sense. So can we talk about me winning a billion dollars now?
Jesus: No
Friday, January 11, 2013
A New Start Conversation
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Thanks for your honesty, Pastor Dave. It helps me see you as a person not as a pastor up on a pedestal. Hmmmm...I hope that makes sense. Well, to me it does.
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