Just a Thought, Not a Sermon: There Are No Do-Overs

My father bought me a new bike for Christmas when I was 10 years old. It was a big deal since I had never had a new bike. My cousin and I were out taking turns riding it one day and we decided it needed to be painted. We took a can of house paint and brush and painted the bike a bright orange. The bike looked awful. I realized what I did, but there was no Do-Over!

My father had a tool shed, which I loved to look around in and tinker with the tools. One day I found a new 5-gallon bucket of roofing tar. I took a wrench and managed to punch holes all the way around the top lid. There was a whipping but no Do-Over.

One year my mother saved money for Christmas presents and bought me 2 pair of Jeans. They were too long to wear without rolling up. I didn’t think that was cool. I begged my mother to let me cut the legs off to fit. They didn’t fit after I finished cutting. They were way too short. My mother was disappointed to say the least and I was made wear them to school all year after she sewed the severed legs together. There was no Do-Over.

When God created us, we were made perfect. There was no need for a Do-Over on His part. God loved what He made. We often think that we need to have Do-Overs to make ourselves better! We forget that God made us perfect in His sight but then we go screw things up when we think we can improve the model that God made.

Why is it that we think we are like Ford? “We have a better idea!” God created us in such a way that he allows for our mistakes. Spiritually, we have Do-Overs if we continue to fall short. God allows us to pick ourselves up and try again. Through God’s grace we have as many spiritual Do-Overs as we need. It is who God reminds us that we should try to make our next spiritual Do-Over last. We never know if we will have a chance for another one.

Just a Thought, Not a Sermon.