St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, Epc

In the now-classic film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays a man cursed to repeat his least favorite day of the year over and again until he “gets it right.” Experts calculate that the exact number of consecutive Groundhog Days meteorologist Phil Connors endures is 12,403, or nearly 34 years. That means he spent pretty much my entire lifespan thus far re-experiencing a single day until he lived it flawlessly, all so that he could win the love of his producer, Rita.As strenuous an effort as that seems, according to the Scriptural testimony this is a very optimistic estimation of a man’s ability to self-perfect. My own experience bears this out, too. Sometimes I can let myself tend toward the impression that if I could only execute my devotional life with enough disciplined consistency for a long enough time, I would finally be “good at life.” Then I remember Groundhog Day and I become completely disabused of that notion. The odds are just not in my favor (read: hopeless). Days keep changing on me, bringing new t