Living in the past and reliving the past is always the easiest because there is rarely, if ever, a change. It is also among the worst of our habits, both physically and spiritually.

Thoughts and sentences inevitably begin with two dreadful words, if only.

“If only I didn’t say that on the phone or written it in that note or email.”

“If only I was a different person back then…”

And included in any “if only” list is, “If only that person is who I want that person to be.”

If cancer spreads throughout your body, just imagine how our “if only” thoughts eat away in our minds and slowly consumes our souls. Perhaps we don’t need to imagine it. It may very well be an easily digestive pattern to aging lives.

Regrets are one thing. Admitting there’s no second chance, regrets are tossed into the garbage with a strong resolve not to be repeated.

“If only” thoughts are the easiest because they’ve found a house to haunt instead of a home of comfort and peace. You wants to live in a house?

Jesus found a way to deal with those scary, “If only’s”. The demons are placed in pigs and thrown off a cliff. He found a place to reduce the past and replaced with this day of peace and the day after that filled with hope.