In an episode titled Let’s Talk About Changes and Explanations in a Small Town, YouTube personality “Beau of the Fifth Column” recently said: “If you don’t look back at the person you were five years ago and cringe, you wasted five years.” My first feeling was relief because My first thought was, “good, I’m not the only one.”
But a later thought was how very Wesleyan that comment was. United Methodists believe that, with the essential and all-sufficient help of God’s grace provided by the Holy Spirit, we can grow and become better people over time. People who better reflect the love of God into the world. People who better love their God and their neighbor.
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=yrueEoLOxP8&t=1s
The quote is toward the very end, about 7:15 minutes into the video.