In one of my favorite commentaries, the comic strip "Peanuts", Linus says to Charlie Brown: "I guess it's wrong always to be worrying about tomorrow. Maybe we should think only about today."  To that, Charlie Brown responded: "No, that's giving up.  I'm still hoping that yesterday will get better."

Haven't you ever fellt like that?  The Good News is that Jesus says "YES" even to our yesterdays.  He accepts us as we are, forgives us and renews us, and as one preacher put it, "Washes behind the years."  Because of the life, death and resurrection Jesus Christ, and through our baptism in His name, we have healing for the past, help for the present and hope for the future.

I. WHY & WHAT TOOK PLACE:   

A.  All of that was made apparent on the day Jesus was baptized.  The Bible is a little o…