A Mulligan

Hardly a day goes by that I do not wish to start over.  I begin well but sometime, often rather quickly, I stumble, I mess up, I blow it.  When I was growing up I played organized sports year around.  When you blow it in sports everyone knows, the whistle blows, the infraction is pointed out and your name tagged to the offence. 

What got me to thinking about this is that I have once again begun my morning in night’s darkness and am watching the day dawn.  I love watching night become day.  It is such a hopeful experience filled with the chance to start over.  No one has blown a whistle, no one is upset, and no one is penalized.  It’s a new day, a new beginning a fresh opportunity to have a go at it.

There are a limited number of opportunities in our life to start over but I am convinced that one of the primary reasons God made night was to make day, a new beginning, and a fresh start.  Thanks God!!!

Post Script: A Mulligan is a free retake of a bad golf shot.