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August 2013
You may remember the movie Regarding Henry, the story of a cold-hearted lawyer who is shot during a robbery and literally has to relearn how to live—how to walk, talk, read, and even think. His law firm invites him to come back to work, and one of the first things Henry does is re-read the last case he won, only to learn that he knowingly withheld evidence, allowing a negligent hospital to triumph over a still-suffering patient. His transformed sense of right and wrong won't allow him to live with this, so he takes the hidden piece of evidence to the wronged family, instructing them to show it to their attorney. When they ask why he's doing this, Henry simply smiles and says, "I’ve changed."
How many times have you wished for this kind of do-over? Times when, as a caregiver, you didn’t say the right thing, didn’t do the right thing, or perhaps just didn’t say or do anything. In spite of good intentions, we all miss opportunities to send a card, make a call, hold a hand—to simply be present.
Many of us wish that we, like Henry, might change (although hopefully without the infliction of a bullet wound). Jesus offers us the gift of transformation every day; truly, every moment of every day we have a chance for do-overs, chances to make amends, to get better at doing the right thing the first time around. Today, right now, think about one of those things you’ve been meaning to do, something that might help another feel Jesus' comfort and peace, and just do it. Think about someone you have wronged and apologize. Hang onto that moment of transformation, and make it your new normal.
 
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