Choices
You've probably heard the saying that life is about the choices you make. I think choices play a big part in life. Some times we need to learn to live with the choices we have; I have wasted a lot of time throughout my life complaining about things I don't have or things I do have that I wish I didn't, I was wasting time thinking about things that I can't change, about choices that I don't have instead of the ones I do. Some times we have to learn to live with the choices we've made; the choices we make today will affect our lives tomorrow and beyond, they will likely affect those around us, those who we love the most as well.
The choices that we've made in the past, we should accept and live with them, but we can't undo them, we can't redo them. I have spent a lot of time and effort wishing I had made different choices in the past, feeling guilty about the choices I made in the past instead of living here and now and putting my efforts in making good choices today.
When I worry or complain about the choices I don't have, when I stress over the choices I have already made, I freeze and don't do anything, I try to make up for things I can't change, I think some of this is good, but it can quickly be too much.
The thing I have needed to learn is that all I have is this day here and now, I can't change it, I can't change where it came from but I can make choices today, here and now that are wise, that honor my family that are in obedience to and honoring to my Lord Jesus Christ.