Regret, it is time to let go..

Regret, such a powerful emotion. An emotion the Devil loves to use against you, the lies that if you start believing they will consume you. Have you ever stopped to think about how you got to be the person you are today? Well lately that has been on mind. I think back to a year ago and how I am a completely different person. It took a lot of heartache but God soften my heart and opened my eyes and for that I am so grateful. God never said that life was going to be easy but He does promise that He is never going to leave your side no matter what. I look back to the hardest times in my life, the times where I was on my face crying out to God and I felt like I wasn’t being answered or listened to. I realize now that in those times God heard my cry and eventually the struggle was over and God never left me. I was just so blinded by anger and my heart was so harden towards God, How could I have been able to hear him. Every day I realize more and more that God is NOT a feeling. He is real, more real than I could ever comprehend. I realize that I don’t always have to feel his presence with me, if my heart and eyes are open that I can see Him everywhere. I had a friend thank me last night for listening to his messed up parts in life and on the way home when I was just thinking and talking to God. I realized that those beautiful messes are not to be regretted. Those times where I was a mess, I realize that I needed to be that way so God was the only one who could pick up the pieces and really heal me. So those times in my life, I can’t regret because they have made me into the person that I am today. Those moments brought me closer to God, made me run to Him and need Him more than anything or anyone. It is kinda sad that it sometimes takes the bad times to need God but those times are just a little reminder that it is not about us and we need Him. We all fall short of the glory of God, so why sit around regretting the things that God has already forgiven you for and forgotten? Sometimes it is because we can’t forgive ourselves and personally I think that is the hardest but in the end it is time to let go and live your life now. I have had many opportunities to share my past pain to give hope to others and that what I want to use those times in my life for. I don’t want to hold on to the hurt and do nothing with it. Why not use it to help others and show them that you have been there and help them get through it. That’s why God gave us each other J so the time is now to tell the Devil to shove it and say “NO” to the lies and yes to the forgiveness!