Setting Back the Clock

Did you remember to set you clock back?  This whole Daylight Savings Time thing is a little confusing for me.  Not only can I not remember when we are supposed to make the change but I am never quite sure if we are to move the clocks forward or back.  I get a little help from the saying “Spring forward, Fall back” but I’m never sure and often go to bed worrying that I will be late for church.  And where does that hour go anyway?

Nevertheless, I like the idea of setting the clock back.  Sometimes I would like to set the clock back not just an hour but a whole day, or even more.  I know I am not the only one who feels this way.  I think King David would have taken back that day he went up on the roof-tops and saw Bathsheba for the first time.  And I am certain Moses would have liked a “do over” when he struck the rock instead of speaking to it.  No doubt Peter wanted to go back to the night before Jesus’ crucifixion so he could bravely say, “Yes I know Him.”  

I am sure we all have had days, weeks, or even years that we would like to do over.  But life doesn’t work that way.  We must make the most out of every day and when we do mess up try to learn from it so we don’t repeat it.  Isn’t it great that our Heavenly Father loves us and offers us true forgiveness of our sins?  We can’t go back in time and not sin but we can repent and ask Him to forgive us.  And when we do he remembers it no more—it’s as if they never happened!

Love,

Thomas Sneed

Pond Church of Christ