I don't usually share where I'm at mentally with a lot of people, well actually, I think I keep majority of my thoughts to myself or just share them with God. Anyways, I was thinking about some of the missed-takes in my life and how they affect my life today. It was a full on assault of the mind by the devil, which left me drowning in what was a big pool of self-pity and condemnation. Though I swim through the murky waters of the Dead Sea, I will make it to the Sea of Galilee!
I eventually gave those thoughts to God and went to sleep. After, I had the opportunity to share with someone when they admitted that they didn't know where "life started and where it ended". I think I just dove in when I should have asked for wisdom. Nevertheless, I pray God guided my tongue.
My response (with minor changes):
"Hmm well I do that sometimes, I wonder about the choices that I have made and if they were the right ones. Sometimes, I think my thoughts would drive me insane. But while it's good to reflect on the past, we should not stay there. Don't look back they say, unless it's a good view. We can't change the past but we have right now to make it right- to start again. A whole world of new experiences await us and there are missed-takes to be made; but the thought of failing must not stop us from trying and living. So look up and look ahead."
It's not like I have all the answers or I am in a state of mind to be a life coach but I can drop pearls of wisdom, that at the same time help me to quiet the noise and assuage my fears. God does that sometimes. As 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 says:
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.[a]
As Children of God let us be comforted by the fact that though we go through the fire, the waters and the flood they would not harm us, burn or overpower us (Isaiah 43:1-2). For we have a lifeguard who walks on water and a fourth man "with the appearance of the Son of God", in the furnace, enduring the flames (Daniel 3:25).
In closing, Hebrews 4:15 says:
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Grace and Peace.
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