Something a friend at our church prayer time, read to us yesterday. It was taken from a devotional booklet for December 31 and written by retired Pastor Don Ohm of San Antonio, Texas:

NO INSTANT REPLAY

"The memory of the just is blessed......"
~ Proverbs 10:7a

"We live in the age of 'instant replay' of news, weather, sport, politics, etc. If we miss something the first time, we just log on and view it just as if it were the original time and date. Both fortunately and unfortunately at the same time, real life is not like that. We are not really afforded the opportunity to relive a particular experience differently. You know, we usually wish we would have used more wisdom, compassion, tact or discretion.

"Most memories are not flexible but instead they are fixed. The issue isn't that God doesn't forgive our sins. He certainly does! Nor is the issue that other people cannot overlook our failures, is it not? We can't redo what happened in our ministries last year. We can't re-rear our children. Words cannot be unsaid. Scars won't be completely removed. Tear stains on the delicate fabric of our emotions are more often than not, permanent.

"God give us a NEW START each year, each month, and each day.

The message is crystal clear: pause before you act and think before you speak. Today is tomorrow's yesterday. Today is a memory in the making. Memories are deposits in the bank of time. Let us make these memories good and meaningful. Let us put our best ahead of our better.

"Yes, we are on the precipice of 2026! What will yesterday's replays be on the tomorrow of your life? The answer is not complicated. May God give you the best year of your life!"

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Karen's Comment:  It is one thing to recap our sins - mistakes we have made - at the end of each day! But let's not forget to remember a thing or two that we did right. For which we are thankful to God! Something that maybe only you could have done!