Monday, August 08, 2005

No Regrets

Vain Regret -- Daily "Lessons on Living" Christian Devotional: "As Christians, we must live so as to minimize regrets. And when we experience them, we should be quick to ask for God's forgiveness and for forgiveness from those we wrong. Let's live by the Galatians 6:10 principle: 'Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.'

Live thoughtfully today and you won't have to live regretfully tomorrow."

My thoughts


Too many people spend their twilight years regretting missed opportunities, poor choices, honest mistakes, and frank sin. Yes, we should regret, and face the consequences of our wrongs, minor, or serious. However that doesn't mean we should be paralysed by them.

It is NEVER too late. Sure the person we offended may have died. We may have lost contact with the person we need to reconcile with. But forgiveness is for US as well as them.

We can claim and experience God's forgiveness. We can forgive others, even if they do not, or cannot respond. We can, with God's help, change the inner conditions that created the problem and move forward. Even in old age, we can pursue our dreams. Never give up, because it's never too late.

1 comment:

spark said...

hi, awesome site you have.
Im a Christian from England who's been blogging a bit too, with very severe M.E so am bedbound.
I was also going to train as an occupational therapist but then i got worse. Im glad you enjoy it too, keep up the good work!

This is an australian site for those with CFS which is run by Christians. I use the forum there sometimes.
http://www.notcrazy.net/

take care