Second Chances

I am thankful that our God is a God of second chances.  Like most people, I have alot of wrongs in my past, present and future.  A second chance is something I don't deserve, but I am thankful to receive.  With a second chance, I can right my wrongs.  At the moment, I am trying to right a self-inflicted wrong from 16 years ago. 

Sixteen years ago I was a college sophomore who had no clue how the world worked.  I was not yet a Christ-follower...proud, arrogant and ignorant.  At that time I believed I was smarter than most and would have no problem making a career for myself. I had owned a couple of fledgling businesses and was sure I was destined for success.  With that attitude, I rationalized that I didn't need to finish college.  So I dropped my classes and started a career in sales. 

Fast forward to today.  I've never needed my college degree, but I've often wished I had finished.  I have grown to detest things being unfinished.  So, when I realized earlier this year that our move to Colorado to plant a church wasn't going to happen in the time I anticipated, I decided (with my wife's encouragement) to right a wrong.  I enrolled at Universtiy of Phoenix, taking online classes, to complete a B.S. in Business with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship.  After transfers, I am 52 hours into a 120 hour degree plan so there's alot of work yet to do. But I am thankful for the opportunity to do it, to right this wrong. 

Second chances are priceless.  We don't always get them.  I am glad I get to go back to schoool.  But I am even happier that God gave me a second chance to right the wrong decision I made many years ago about Jesus.  More on that next time.