Trial of a king

It's an icon on my computer word processing program that I confess to clicking numerous times a day. It's called "undo." It allows me to completely "undo" what I mistakenly "did" while typing. Sometimes it is nothing more than a silly error of little consequence, but other times it has saved me from significant mistakes that could have affected documents and emails that I sent to others.

Don't you wish there was an "undo" tab for your daily life? Think of all the words or actions that, if they could simply be undone, could have taken your life in entirely different direction. Although there is no such button, there is something called "repentance and forgiveness" that actually allows us to grow in character and become restored to God.

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