Regrets.....?

It has been a little while since I posted anything, so I figured might as well do it this morning. There are moments when I wish I could go back in time and change either a decision made, action taken or something I said. I know everyone has those moments. It's frustrating. The most frustrating thing is either the action or words playing over and over again in my head like a tape recorder and I'm helpless to do anything about it. The problem is we (a lot of times) don't take the time to think about it before we act, however, there are sometimes when we don't have the opportunity to do such a review in our heads ahead of time either. I turned 40 this year, and you would be surprised how reflective you get even though I maybe have lived through 1/2 my life. I have come to a few conclusions about this: 1. You cannot go back and have a re-do, only start overs, 2. Life is full of regrets, but it is also full of victories and accomplishments, it is necessary to put the focus on the correct side of that pendulum, and 3. In spite of it all, if I have learned nothing from them then I have lived and perhaps relived those mistakes for nothing. I don't want to do that. It is funny how when we're younger, we are so anxious to grow up yet when we grow up we yearn for the times when life was simple and carefree. I would never want to go back and relive my life again, but I hope to continue to grow so that I have fewer and fewer regrets and more and more victories. There has to be a huge acknowledgment however, in the fact that as a Christian I am imperfect made perfect through the blood of Jesus Christ. I can't for one minute take credit for anything good. It is Him in me that I am able to do any good because of the love and example shown to me through grace. I am eternally grateful for this. It is what allows me to mess it up and continue to grow. Thank God He loves me and desires to have a relationship with me. I am not sure where the journey will take us over time, but wherever it does, I pray for wisdom and guidance. Thank you Lord for your perfect gift! May my imperfection not show the world a tainted view of your love but rather, through my imperfection show how amazing your grace is!!