This weekend is like Walmart's "Roll back those prices" weekend! It's time to roll back the clocks.
I stayed up one hour later than my normal curfew watching college football because I knew I could make up the extra hour in my sleep!
We all witnessed this chance to turn back time. For what?
One more hour to rest. One more hour to play. One more hour to celebrate. One more hour to wallow in pity. One more hour to be with friends. One more hour to hide in shame. One more hour to be grateful. One more hour to doubt.
Haven't we all had those moments where we wish we could turn back time?
Gone to that school. Taken that job. Married that girl. Moved to that city.
Not gone to that party. Not stayed out that late. Not made that phone call. Not made that deal.
The unfortunate reality is while we love weekends like this where we get one hour to turn back time, we can't turn back time on decisions we did or didn't make in our past.
Regret is real. Devastating. Shameful. Haunting.
But the good thing is that you don't have to be defined by your past. By the moments you missed because you hesitated. By the moments you missed because of pride. Or anger. Or jealousy. Or fear.
Turning back your clock is not meant to rewind and re-live all of your past mistakes. But it does allow us to take a look at our lives and learn how to be a better version of ourselves from this moment on.
When I reflect on my own life I realize that there have been moments that I've based my identity on trivial pursuits like academics, athletics, relationships, and religious rituals. And every single one of those idolatrous activities, while good in their own right, proved to steal something from me instead of breathing life into me.
What I've come to realize is that my identity is found in a weekend some 2,000 years ago. So when I turn back time, I turn it back to that weekend. It was a coming out party. Out of the grave party. And the one decision I made in regards to that weekend is one that I would repeat 100 times out of 100 to say yes to following a man raised from the dead!
So, today I choose to use my one extra hour celebrating! Celebrating the life that I've been given to live for Him. No, I'm not perfect but my goal is to become more like Him with every breath I take and every step I take! That my next decision is made in light of who I am in Him!
