Day 04 (Heart Breaths). Repeat, Again, One More Time.

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by CandidAbnegate

Dedicated to MadzArroyo

by CandidAbnegate

Day 04. Repeat, Again, One More Time

"These are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood."

GENESIS 10:1 (New American Standard Bible)

READINGS: Genesis 10-12, Matthew 4

A fresh start. After causing fear, bringing confusion or simply, failing, who doesn't want a fresh start?

I sure would, if that would erase the past, or maybe, if that would mean a second chance.

But fresh starts don't really mean a thing when the heart, the mind, the spirit-the very nature-of the person involved remains exactly, basically, for all intents and purposes, the same.

The human race was given a fresh start through Noah but because of the mistakes of one of his sons, peoples like the Canaanites and the Sodomites flourished.

Humankind was given a beautiful way to kick off the rebuilding of their communities through the sharing of one language but because of humanity's tendency to self-delude themselves, God had to remove such an absolutely wonderful way to communicate and had to confound them in Babel.

Man was given a chance to begin truly getting to know the Lord through John the Baptist, then through Jesus, and finally through His disciples but because of our arrogant pride, our well-guarded hurts and our awful apathy, we still choose to go on with our wretched lives as they are... straight to misery here on earth and eternal damnation after.

Repeat: I want a new heart, O Lord! Please forgive me of my sins. With Your help, from now on, I will turn my back from hurting You again.

Again: Please come into my life and rule over me. Let me experience the joy of Your fellowship once more.

One more time: Let me live as a new person, born again from the womb of Your sacrifice and into the redemption of Your triumph over this world.

A fresh start with a fresh heart, mind and spirit-now that's what I'm talking about! That is what is called: a beginning!

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