Happy Groundhog Day!
Best known for its appearance in the
eponymous movie, since when it has the connotation of a day of tediously
repeated monotony. Times in my life when the repetition of chores has made me
mutter something about it being Groundhog Day – just last November as we worked
against the clock to prepare my mom’s house for sale, for instance. I think any
mother or father whose sleep is constantly broken by a crying baby can feel
caught in a Groundhog Day scenario.
In the movie, the actor was stuck on repeat because of his
aggressive and offensive attitude. The ‘spell’ was only broken as the truth
slowly dawned and he recognised his character needed improving. He changed his
attitude and became a better person, and then he was freed to move on in his
life, which looked a lot different than it had before.
We can make our own prisons and find ourselves stuck in
them. Recognising the walls we’ve built round ourselves, wanting them destroyed
so we can move out into the light ... it’s called repentance. By God’s grace,
when we turn from those things in us which bind us, Jesus sets us free to move
out into life in all its fullness. Stepping into his freedom now.
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