No regrets

Today is the 1200th blog for me and I confess I've been visiting old blog items to see how my writing has changed, and if there have ever been things I've written that I regretted. To date I am reporting no regrets! Part of that, of course, is the delay in writing vs. posting. By the time I get what I want written, edit it a bit, add a photo or graphic usually 20 minutes has gone by.

Some of you are going to think 20 minutes isn't that long to give it the second-sober-thought it might deserve. It isn't, I also confess, long enough for me to catch some spelling or grammar errors. But to an ADHD adult 20 minutes is a very long time. Hence my great sense of satisfaction that I've considered my words. I therefore have not deleted any blog offerings save one.

So let's take a moment to talk about regret. Ouch - even the word has a punch to it. Regret is a sad word, it implies decisions once thought right, or at least defended as correct seem in the light of time to have been poor. I met with a man today who talked about how he treated his wife. He now sees her as a gift from God - a wise woman with simple values. He confessed that he tried to give her what she didn't want, and in a moment of transparency agreed that what he gave her was really about what he wanted.

He's lost his job, his six figure salary, his home, his heart - and the reward for his decisions is regret.

I talked to him about 2 Chronicles 5:14 and God's desire to bring healing to "his land". To bring wholeness to where he lives; his employment, his family, his heart. He's not there yet but he's on the journey. I have hope for him though at the moment he doesn't see how I can.

I hope you have healing not regret!