Revisions

"I love revisions. Where else in life can spilled milk be transformed into ice cream? Katherine Paterson-----Of course, this fine young adult author was talking about revising writing--but extreme makeovers are the rage these days--in one way or another, we would all like to have do-overs in many areas of our lives.-----David asks for do-overs so many times in the Psalms, a lesser God would have grown weary. But his God just kept showing unfailing love.-----And those Israelites--those chosen ones who worked hard at scarring and slashing their relationship with God, but He gave them many second chances-----We see Peter's transformation into "ice cream" from "spilled milk" at Pentecost. After his costly denials of the Lord, Peter's soul needed an extreme makeover. His reconfiguration is glowingly obvious as he pours out the Spirit he has just received saying, "There is no longer room for doubt--God made him Master and Messiah, this Jesus whom you killed on a cross."-----O, Lord, where can we look but to you for forgiveness and revision?