Daily Devotional 10-30-26
Regret as Insight, Repentance as the Door
Reading:
Luke 15:17-19 - “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ So he got up and went to his father.
Lamentations 3:22-23 - Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
Devotional: In the parable of the prodigal son, the turning point is described simply. The son came to his senses. That is regret functioning as insight. He saw clearly where he was, how he had gotten there, and what he had left behind. But insight alone did not restore him. He got up and went back. Lamentations 3 reminds us that God's mercies are new every morning. Not every decade. Not after sufficient penance. Every morning. The streak you think you have broken, the relationship you think is beyond repair, the version of yourself you think is gone permanently, none of that is the final word. Get up. Go back. Start again.
Reflection: What would it look like for you to practically "get up and go back" in the area where regret has kept you stuck?
Reading:
Luke 15:17-19 - “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ So he got up and went to his father.
Lamentations 3:22-23 - Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
Devotional: In the parable of the prodigal son, the turning point is described simply. The son came to his senses. That is regret functioning as insight. He saw clearly where he was, how he had gotten there, and what he had left behind. But insight alone did not restore him. He got up and went back. Lamentations 3 reminds us that God's mercies are new every morning. Not every decade. Not after sufficient penance. Every morning. The streak you think you have broken, the relationship you think is beyond repair, the version of yourself you think is gone permanently, none of that is the final word. Get up. Go back. Start again.
Reflection: What would it look like for you to practically "get up and go back" in the area where regret has kept you stuck?
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