I don’t about you, but I have been doing some introspection during our national quarantine. I have been giving attention to my salvation confession of faith. I have started this reflection at the point of my salvation as a very young sixth grader. Moving through time in this journey of reflection I have been repeatedly reminded of the ancient wisdom that repentance is so much more than feelings of regret and being sorry. Ancient wisdom has reminded me that t’shuva is an action word that implies turning back.

Again, t’shuva (Hebrew) is more than feelings of guilt or regret – while there are those emotions – it is more about making a course correction in your life. It is about turning away from where you are currently headed and turning back toward God.

Salvation is point action that starts us on an entirely new trajectory of living. However, there are a number of “U-Turns” that are required. Think about it this way. Have you ever had your GPS to tell you to make a “U-Turn” after missing the correct turn you needed to make? If you “Turned-Around” you were living in the definition of t’shuva. There are times that we need to make spiritual U-turns.

Our spiritual U-turns involve a change of course in your life. Theologian Abraham Heschel states that a t’shuva in a man or woman’s behavior is also about a change in God’s judgement. When we t’shuva, God promises to take control of the wheel and direct us toward His will and ways.

During our national quarantine, I feel that God is calling nations, civic leadership along with institutions in the public sectors and non-profit sectors to t’shuva – turn around walk in the direction of God’s calling!

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