Just Play

“Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,

I strain to reach the end of the race.”

Philippians 3:13–14

• “I messed up again!” wailed my nine-year-old daughter. I winced as she crashed her hands down on the piano keyboard, the discordant notes jarring my senses. I knew what was coming next: a blow-by-blow description of exactly what she had done wrong. This pattern—mistake, wail, rehash—was one she repeated nearly every practice session. One day, I sat down on the piano bench beside her and looked her in the eye. “Look,” I said gently. “It’s okay to make a mistake. That’s how you learn. Now stop talking about it, and just play.” When I mess up in my own life, how often do I fall into the same pattern as my daughter? How God must long for me to take my eyes off myself and look instead to Him, to hear Him say, “That’s okay! That’s why I sent my Son. Now stop talking about it, and just play!” God wants us to confess our sin, accept His forgiveness, then move on.

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