One morning I came to the office and discovered a night hawk in the parking lot. It was not a normal occurrence, nor was the bird acting in a normal manner. After many phone calls and interesting conversations, the problem was addressed in a positive way. This incident could be thought of as a once in a lifetime experience.

I believe that cliche' "once in a lifetime" is far truer than we realize. The reality is that everything is a once in a lifetime experience. Every moment in time is an unrepeatable moment because that particular moment can never happen again. We may repeat the event, but never in exactly the same way. Once the moment disappears into the past, it can never be recaptured.

We are fully people of the moment. The past is over, and the next second is the future. Amazing that God gave us the choice in how we spend these moments in time. Sometimes we rejoice in the moments, sometimes we're sad in the moments, and then there are those moments that we screw up so bad that we vow never to repeat them again.

God is a God of the moments. He is there in each moment, each joy, each sadness, and each mistake. God is a God of new starts, and all we have to do is turn to Him and He is there in the moment forgiving, loving, and renewing. The next moment is new and fresh, go out and make it a once in a lifetime experience.