Last Friday, Al Mohler discussed the issue of "
When are most important decisions made in life?" He agrees with the statement, "The most important decisions in life are made between the ages of 15-23." Do you agree or disagree? If you agree, what are the implications?
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I have spent the last year or 2 deeply regretting most of the decisions I've made since becoming an adult. I regret my decision to transfer colleges. I regret my decision to (gasp) get married so young and so quickly, I regret buying the house we're in, I regret a lot of things. The one thing I can say I do not regret was my decision to leave the church we were going to for years. That has proven to be a wise decision, although painful. But I still beat myself up over the other things. I want to start over, seek God, move away and go back to school, but I am tethered to a mortgage on a house that can't sell, and I'm married to someone who flip-flops on whether or not to move away and I often regret getting married in the first place because I believe that God called me to move back home but I ignored him and now I'm married to someone who might not let me go back to school. And I blame myself for all of it. I feel like I was disobedient and all I want to do is make things right, but the right thing to do is submit to my husband. It's just so hard when he doesn't seem to have my best interest in mind. People in my life tried to warn me about this sort of thing, but I ignored them and now I wish I had listened. But you learn, I guess, as you go along...
Jody,
I know how you feel about having regrets. There are so many things that I regret doing-sins I regret committing.
One thing that also weighs on my mind at times is that I did not finish college either. It was really hard for me and stressful. I got married before I started- which also made things hard because I had to get a full time job and take night classes!!! Eventually the load became too much. The plan was for my husband to finish and then I would go to cosmotolegy school. I figured at least that way I could do something fun and that could be my vinyard someday.
The Lord had a different plan for my life however, He put the desire in our hearts to have a child- and then He granted that desire. So now I am a stay at home mom. I understand how you feel about not finishing things that you wanted to. But I am sooo thankful that the Lord is competely soveriegn over all of that. He plans the ends along with the means. We can take comfort in that!
Deut. 32:4 "He is the rock, His work is perfect. For ALL His ways are justice, a God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He."
God is stable-unchanging-all of His ways are perfect-and there is nothing you can ever do to thwart His purposes.
I also know what it is like to be a wife and being anxious about my husbands decisions. I am so encouraged that you know obedience to your husband is very important. Your husband is your umbrella of protection- your authority placed by God. As long as he does not ask you to sin, you obey him and you will be blessed!!! (1 Pet. 3:1-6)The Lord will use your husband to direct your path. You can count on that!!! I encourage you to seek the Lord and pray that His will be done, and whatever that may be that He would reveal it to your mate and that it would be the thing that most reflects His glory throughout your life-to the world around you!
A verse that someone shared with me recently is soo helpful-and it is in my memory stack
Psalm 94:18-19 "If I say "my foot slips" your mercy oh Lord will hold me up. In the multitude of my anxieties within me, your comforts delight my soul."
Dear sister- I encourage you today, let the Lord of all creation's comforts delight your soul. Get in His word and trust in His promises. The root of anxiety is unbelief. To not believe what God says in His word and meditate on those things(phil. 4:6-9) is not only sin, but we make God out to be a liar. I struggle so much in this area and my heart goes out to you. I have started a new book and I encourage you to read it as well. John MacAurtur- Anxiety Attacked...or is now called Anxious for nothing. They are both the same book-just a different title. I am very excited to plunge these pages as I fight my flesh to obey the Lord and trust Him alone to accomplish His work for my life to His glory for His purposes. I will pray the same thing for you.
Your sister in Christ,
Sarah
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