How many times have you taken yourself back to the past? Wondered how different life would be had you made a different choice?
In some recent years I would find myself travelling back in time….thinking how different things would be.
As I’m sitting here tonight….alone….my mind began to drift to years gone by.
In an instant I had the thought…”How much time have I wasted wondering…..thinking/dwelling on the “What if’s?”
I have so many blessings, many I’m sure I often don’t even count.
We can’t change our past….can’t make a different choice…so why do we waste our time thinking on the “What if?”
We are discontent. Ungrateful. <— It’s true. Tweet Me.
Yet grace and mercy are provided to us each day. New every morning.
Thankfulness and joy must take the place of regrets, what if’s, etc. Only then will we see how truly blessed we are.
Counting….
My lil blessings that are a part of my past and my future
My Savior that gave up Himself for me
My home and the comforts that I take for granted it provides
The sounds of a busy home, for one day I will miss them
It’s so easy to get caught up in the what ifs!
Yes, it is! Something we must learn to not do, for it will not allow us to move forward. Blessings!
How many times have I thought about the what ifs in life! It’s crazy…BUT the comforting thing is the more i’ve released myself to Him the less I think of those what ifs. Totally awesome!
Yes, giving yourself entirely over to Him will eliminate the doubts and what ifs. So very true! Thanks for sharing girly 😉
Regrets will destroy our joy, I know that. But they can be stubborn and hard to silence. Great post.
Yes, that is so very true! Thanks for stoppin by! 🙂
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Thanks for stoppin by and followin 😉 Blessings!
Lovely reminder to focus on the present instead of the past or future. Grateful for this reminder!
Visiting from Shell’s Pour Your Heart Out.
I love reminders 😉 Thanks for stoppin by! 🙂
Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome! 🙂 Blessings!
Thanks so much for the linkup this week. Hope to see you over my way at WholeHearted Home Wednesdays 🙂
Absolutely! I linked up with you as well! 🙂 Blessings!
Stopped back to thank you for linking up over at WholeHearted Home. I read your post again and thought more deeply on it since it is late 🙂 and you know, it is really true. We need to be thankful for where the Lord has taken us and look ahead not back. Lot’s wife looked back and look where it got her!!
Absolutely! I love that you thought of Lot’s wife, I had never thought of that before! Blessings!
Grace and Mercy, new every morning. . .what a gift!
So glad I found you today:)
Blessings~
Amen! They are wonderful gifts! Blessings
When I get stuck in the “if onlys” I try to remember that it’s those things that likely shaped me the most into who I am today. Thanks for hosting and linking up with WIP!
That is very true, thank you for sharing girly! Blessings!
Thank you for the op to link up Misty! Love your site as always 🙂 Happy Mid Week!
Absolutely girly! Blessings!
I wonder about the what ifs but I also think about the “thank you God” moments where I know my path was totally directed by Him! Thanks for sharing friend! 🙂
Yes, that is so true! Thanksgiving for the moments He directed us along the way! Blessings!
There can never be too many reminders to be thankful and grateful for our current place in life. <3
Stopping by from Southern Mamas Blog Hop. 🙂
Amen! 🙂 Thanks for stoppin by! 🙂
Love that you are thankful for the sounds of your house – I often am so tired of the noise I can’t muster the thankfulness for it, because I do know that I will want it back one day.
And I love this link up – thanks for hosting – am a new email subscriber – would love for you to stop by my Reading List and join in the fun there as well
Marissa
http://forfunreadinglist.blogspot.com
Yes, I tire easily, but like to remind myself that one day I will miss it. I will swing by your corner for sure, we love to read! 🙂
This is so thought provoking. I too spend a lot of time on “what ifs”. I would like to change the things that displeased God, the sins. But I am here today because I am forgiven, redeemed and restored an none of that would have been possible if the “what ifs” had been different. Thanks for making me think and be thankful.
Exactly! Amen! 🙂 Thankful that with Him and His strength we have overcome! 🙂 Blessings!