No Mistakes About It!

Mark 12:24 Jesus replied, "Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?"

Making mistakes is an inevitable aspect of being human. Although I almost always learn valuable lessons from my mistakes, it doesn't mean, by any stretch, that I enjoy making them. Truthfully, I don't know anyone who does!

If you could measure the impact of mistakes on a scale of one to ten, with one being the wrong turn you took in driving your spouse to a new restaurant and ten being the heart-rending realization that you married the wrong person, you would encounter, up and down the scale, a gambit of emotions: foolishness, chagrin, embarrassment, guilt, regret, sadness, humiliation, and anger.

Sometimes, we are unable to see our mistakes until someone points them out to us. In today's scripture, Jesus calls out the Sadducees on two counts: their assumption that there is no resurrection is incorrect and their underestimation of God's power is blasphemous at best.

He gives them the opportunity to confront their inaccuracies, admit they are wrong, and repent, turning with their whole hearts to the God of the living, not the dead.

Did they hear the truth of His words?

Did they heed His teaching?

Scripture does not tell us, but I'd like to think at least some, humbled by the authority with which Jesus spoke, began to realize the error of their ways.

What mistakes have you made recently?

Were you able to learn from them and move on, determined not to repeat them?

Most importantly, did you forgive yourself for it?

Is there someone in your life who constantly brings up your past mistakes to your face?

Ask God to help you forgive them and move forward.

Take comfort in knowing that no matter how many times you make a mess of things, God still loves you and will help you recover.

There's no mistake about it!

posted by Will Ravelod at the PHIAA e-group