One Way Track

Ever think about railroad trains? I have to, my son is obsessed with trains and all of the railroad things that go with it. He has model trains, train books and many magazines. I have you ever really thought about the way a train operates? It can't turn around! Once it is going forward that is the only direction that it can go until it reaches a turntable that can physically get it going in another direction.

I think how hard it is for me to turn around when I get going in one direction. It is VERY hard to change my ways. It is even harder for me to realize that I need help in changing directions. That is what repentence really means, "to change ones mind and move in a different direction. Christ is that turntable we need to do so. Without Him, it just can't be done.

Psalm 51:16-17

" You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one.

You do not want a burnt offering.

The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit.

You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God."