The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

by Zeke Flores

"Today is the first day of the rest of your life."

Cheesy, maybe—but true.

Yesterday is fixed, and no amount of regret can rewrite it. I may not be able to undo my past mistakes, but I can seek forgiveness, make amends where possible, and learn from them. God isn’t finished with me yet, and His mercies are new every morning.

I can’t fix yesterday, but I can choose to do my best today. Every sunrise is a fresh invitation to walk more closely with Christ, to love more sincerely, to live more faithfully.

As Paul reminds us: "forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead" (Philippians 3:13).