With the New Year comes the opportunity for a fresh start. All our transgressions are behind us; everything we have done and left undone is in the past. 

In the abundance of God's mercy we don't have to dwell on things past. We are not stuck in the past - this is 2014! A good New Years resolution would be to let go of "If only . . ." thinking and embrace "Next time . . ." thinking.

Do that and we will be sure to discover that our God is very capable of making up for lost time.

Psalm 103:11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. 13 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

Isaiah 62:4: You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her.