Today Is a Good Day

“There are two days you can’t do anything about, yesterday and tomorrow, all you have is today, and today is  going to be a great day.”  - Celine Dion.  

​The Apostle Paul said “… but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead”… (Phil. 3:13 AMP).

​​Yesterday is gone, if nothing can be done about it, it is foolish to keep thinking about it.  You are stepping into strength when you “forget” about yesterday’s failure.  

​We all have things we would like to forget. Even the disciples of Jesus.  Matthew 26:56 says, “Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.”  A little later, Peter, denied Jesus three times in Matthew 26:69-74.  Don’t you think that the apostles of Jesus, as they sat together in a room after Jesus’s crucifixion, felt regret and shame?  Then Jesus walked in!   He didn’t say anything about their failure, he said “peace to you”. Luke 24:36.

​The reason Jesus died for our sins is because we have them, we are not perfect, and we fail many ways. That’s why we need a Savior.  As believers, we stand in our forgiveness, we are freed from our past failures and sins through the blood that was shed for us on the cross at Calvary.   

Karen O'Leary is an Assistant Home Manager at New Beginnings. She has her BA in Bible Theology and her Masters of Divinity. She has 8-years of experience as a Social Director at a non-profit organization helping those in crisis with financial assistance, brief supportive counseling, and being a spiritual presence in their time of need. In her free time Karen enjoys reading, cooking and traveling.

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