Times of reflection are the best way to start a week.
Ask yourself this question: “What if I got a second chance at life.”
John 3:7 says, “You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’” A Pharisee named Nicodemus came to Jesus at night to learn from him because he believed Jesus had come from God.
Jesus tells him he must be born again. Nicodemus replies, “How can a someone be born when they are old? Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.”
This intrigues me far more than just being a gateway to eternity. What does it mean this side of heaven? I want to learn more. I live in a very broken body, damaged, decayed and it wears me down. I then look at my children and see the marks on their lives of the sin and decay of this world and it saddens me deeply.
What if God is saying to me that all things are new in his kingdom? What if this being born again means that I don’t have to drag all of the dirty laundry around with me from my past. That I get new lenses by which I can see new things.
This has got to be by a renewing of my mind because life as I see it sometimes is not that good. If I can leave my pain and damage with God show me how, Father, show me how. The guilt of not being the mother I should have been when I couldn’t find my way, can I please leave that with you today. The pain and damage to my body through sexual sins of others and the damage to my children and grandchildren, can I please leave that also with you today.
I need to.
And all the injustices around childhood sexual crimes for which these pedophiles never pay for, can I leave that with you, too. I hate that they get away with it all. Will you please hold them accountable so I don’t have to?
Thank you.
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