The one thing many want to change in the New Year can be summed up in one word:
People want to leave all of their regrets in last year and begin a new year in which they haven't said or done anything, as of 2013, that they wish they could take back.
They remember the moments of truth last year, the cross roads of decision, the “if only if I had listened to my intuition” situation. The moment of silence, after the God given interruptions and obstacles. The moment where things could have been different. They ignored the warnings within them, and were filled with regret.
On January 1st, 2013, as of midnight, at that moment, in a new sphere of time, they hadn’t yet messed up. The day was without failures. The year without any bad decisions. If only they could maintain that state of clean slate. Like children who haven’t taken out any loans….yet…without debt. Like the girl who has a new car and hasn’t gotten any speeding tickets….yet. Like the boy who hasn’t lost his virginity…yet.
The newness of the new day in the New Year seems as easily and permanently lost as a perfect driving record…or as one’s virginity.
This is where forgiveness comes in. Debt cancellation. Spiritual purification.
Again, this is only true for the Christian. Only Christ can erase and replace.
Only God can forgive and forget forever,
This is the governmental pardon granted to the criminal, expunging and erasing criminal records, as though the criminal never committed a crime.
This is the new creation, the new spirit, the new mind and heart, the baptized and purified body. The believer, by faith, dies with Christ on the cross. He is buried with him. She rises and ascends with Him. A new person at the resurrection and ascension. A virtual virgin, who may indeed begin again.
This time, at the crossroad of decision, making the right decision.
Living a life
with no regret.
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