I play Solitaire occasionally on my phone. I do it when I need a break from cleaning or if I am in a traffic jam.

Today as I was playing I undid some of my moves to see if other moves would be more advantageous. I also occasionally restart a game if I think I can win it on the second or third try.

I was thinking about this today and realized that we can not do this in real life. We can not rewind and decide not to sin. Sin has consequences and the consequences are usually painful. That doesn’t mean that God can not forgive. He can and will but like a wise Father He allows us to face the fall out from our sin, so we can learn not to sin again.

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could go through life and switch to a new life program as you can switch to a new game in Solitaire? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if every time we sinned we could hit an undo button and every hurtful word we said could be unsaid? I would be hitting that undo button on a regular basis.

Yet, in Jesus we have claim to a new life. We have the opportunity to be considered righteous before a Holy God, not because we hit the new life button but because Jesus gave His life for our sins.

If you have done something in your past which has caused another one that you love to be hurt, ask them to forgive you and then let it go. If you have said something which has caused someone pain tell them you are sorry. Then go to God and ask Him to hit the undo button and forgive you.

You can not change the past but you can let go of the past and lay claim to a new life in Christ. I guess life is kind of like a Solitaire game if you believe in the salvation of the Son of God.