There is nothing that stings worse than realizing that you missed a good opportunity. Though one may acquire wisdom and expertise in a specific area of life, we humans are still limited in our ability to gauge whether an opportunity presented to us will turn out to be what we expected or desired, and there are moments when we completely gauge wrong and are left biting our tongue for making a wrong choice or decision.
One thing’s for sure, I am guilty of reminiscing on the past, thinking about what I should or should not have done, convincing myself that life would have been very different for me by now.
The trouble with this kind of thinking is that it drains you even more, emotionally and mentally; it creates feelings of self-pity and hopelessness. Without realising it, you begin to live your life in the shadow of what happened in the past instead of trusting that you can still live your best life after the loss you’ve suffered.
It is often in our own minds that we chose to think that it’s over for us, perhaps because we lost a bursary, or got retrenched or just broke up with that one person we thought would put a ring on our finger. The more we entertain these thoughts, the more everything will appear to be failing.
But if anything should give us hope in this life, it’s the realisation that God does not see anyone as a failure. He is always willing and ready to give us another chance to get things right and live a life of honour.
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22
Focus your eyes on God, on what He can still do with your life and not on your past or what you think you lost. If you have lost hope in life, and have convinced yourself that nothing good can come your way, click on the banner below. There’s hope!