I don't know. I have regrets, but then again, every decision and even my worst errors have led me in a certain direction and given me certain experiences that I wouldn't change.
Hard to say, when you make it big picture like that. Certainly, I've said and done things I wish I hadn't. I'd push the delete button on those, if it were possible. When it comes to the big decisions that have shaped my life? Probably not.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
I wouldn't have gotten married so young (21) too immature, not ready to settle down, not financially secure enough either. Not married now,probably wont re marry either !
If you could start over, would you change anything? Pick any moment in your life where you made a choice. Would you change that choice, if you could?
I don't think so, look at all the amazing and awesome people I have in my family now. Do I have some regrets.........YES!! But even though those things changed me, I survived and became this awesome person that y'all know and love!!
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
There are alot of sinful things Ive done that I would like to take back, and greatly regret, but at the same time, having those experiences and being delievered from those things totally and completely gives me confidence that God can deliver from anything.
So in a way while my only regret is not being raised in a godly household, or coming to God as a child and being a faithful witness in High School, I would say I have no regrets because those experiences have helped me to understand grace, to relate to sinners, and to realize the amazing depths of the grace and love of God.
That said, I guess I have one tiny regret, but its not a big deal to me. I wish I owuld have left the UPC a little sooner. But again, even in those expereiences I have learned so much, even if sometimes it is what NOT to do, and how NOT to treat people.
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"Resolved: That all men should live to the glory of God. Resolved, secondly: That whether or not anyone else does, I will." ~Jonathan Edwards
"The only man who has the right to say he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ." ~Dietrich Bonheoffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Preachers who should be fishing for men are now too often fishing for compliments from men." ~Leonard Ravenhill
I wouldn't have bought that Mustang GT convertible that was "in perfect shape"
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"Resolved: That all men should live to the glory of God. Resolved, secondly: That whether or not anyone else does, I will." ~Jonathan Edwards
"The only man who has the right to say he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ." ~Dietrich Bonheoffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Preachers who should be fishing for men are now too often fishing for compliments from men." ~Leonard Ravenhill
In all honesty there are a few incredibly stupid things I've done which led to many years of bad consequences. However it ultimately led me to where I am now, and quite frankly I am very happy with where I am now. If I could go back and change some things it would have erased a few really tough years, but I'd probably be sitting in my home state right now hating the Winters but not able to move because of the kids, and hating my (decent paying) job.
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