8 Is a Divine Do-Over

Consider making 8 your favorite number.

‘And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS’ - Luke 2:21

This post will be a little silly and a little serious, but it will, of course, be biblical. It’s dedicated to all my friends who’ve failed and been abandoned by others.

8 is your number.

So, let’s talk numbers—not the kind that haunt you in tax season, but the kind that make you sit up and say, “Well, isn’t God clever?”

You’ve likely heard that 7 is God’s golden number, His cosmic stamp of “Done and Dusted.”

Seven days of creation, seven seals, seven trumpets—the number 7 screams of completion in the Bible louder than a referee’s whistle at the end of a game.

But what comes after the final buzzer?

Does God kick back with a lemonade? No. He rolls out the number 8, and the real fun begins.

If 7 is God’s way of saying, “Mission accomplished,” then 8 is His encore:

“Let’s take it from the top—and make it even better!”

8 is the number of new beginnings, fresh starts, and divine mu…