Christian Living

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Larry Lilly's Letter Wednesday January 3, 2006

Have you ever thought, "If only I could go back and do this differently, my life would be so much better?" I sure have. To think this thought is not in itself defeating. To sit and pine your life away because of poor decisions is the life quenching mistake too many of us make and make and make again.

You cannot go back and redo the decisions of yesterday, let alone ones from years ago. So what are we to do?

First, forget about going back to any point in your life and redoing some part of it. I wish it could be done.

Carl Bard put a statement out that is of great help to me and perhaps it will help you as you wrestle with living a more fulfilling life in 2007.

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from NOW and make a brand new ending."

Now is really the only time we have to do anything. And when we learn to start now, we do cause a different ending than if we just mope through now. A wasted now can become a wasted life.

Years ago a made horrendous boondoggle one from which I thought at the time was going to do me in for good. It almost did. I heard a man give a speech and in his speech he said; "Start now, where you are with what you have and stay at it. Yesterday with all of its failure will in time take care of itself." I was in such a pickle that I do not recall the speakers name, but I testify that his statement helped me to get on track with Jesus. As a result of the above statement I began a ministry to help so called fallen Christian workers get up and go on for God. Over the course of several years some three thousand men and women were touched by this effort. A skeptic asked, "How can you with a good conscience help disqualified people to get back in the Lord's work?" I simply answered, "As near as I can tell, the blood of Jesus Christ is so powerful as to re-qualify even the disqualified."

During this year 2007, you by the grace of Jesus can and should make the hours and days count for God's glory, regardless of your failures in 2006.

As yesterday's article pointed out, you may sit down to a plate of consequence, but the Lord will permit that plate to run its course and you will have the inward assurance that since you have applied His solution to your failure, your sin, He is working on the NOW of your life and since NOW is the only usable time in any life, go ahead and start using this sacred time and start doing it NOW.

Larry Lilly Copyright © 2007 Use with credit.

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