Do you ever lay awake at night with the shoulda-woulda-coulda's? With the sense of failure from the previous day? The regret of being snappy, short and not to loving with your family and friends? Yeah. Me too. You are not alone and neither am I, even though it feels that way.
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The thing is, I don't share this to lighten the sense of regret. The regret is there because we know we blew it. We didn't extend the grace and love that we have been extended by Christ himself. So what now? Well dear sister friend, now we go forward and learn. Ask for forgiveness and move forward in confidence that Christ forgives and gives you what you need to go forward. Do not carry the shame of yesterday, we all fail, but move forward with the purpose to grow from your mistakes. Lamentations 3:22-24 says "The steadfast Love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning...". We have a fresh day everyday by going to Christ, asking Him to forgive us, to fill us and to meet us in the challenges that do lay ahead of us. Let's face it, life is hard and being a wife,mom, sister and friend. Any and all of these things can challenge us like no other. But God is good. He is always present and always available. He is our strength and our filter when we ourselves are absolutely incapable.
So when you face a new day, know that just as the Lord did for the Israelites in Egypt, it says in Dueteronomy 1:30 "The Lord your God goes before you will Himself fight for you." Be confident in that you are not alone. Others face similar, if not the same, challenges and Christ died for you so you could live in Him. It's in the hope of seeing beyond the challenges that we can draw from. The hope of Christ and heaven and of an eternal promise.
