Regret

There are times that I look back

In these moments I often feel regret

Because I see all the mistakes I have made

The wrong turns I took

The wrong people I trusted

The bad decisions that I made

But as I reflect on these regrets

I realize I don’t have to feel regret

All of these things that I have wasted time regretting

Have been the things that I have made me who I am today

Without the pain of my past

I would not be

This strong person

This brave person

This person who in the face of fear

Knows I don’t have to be afraid because God is with me

In the midst of my greatest pain is when I came to know God

It was only in my darkest moment

When I was able to see his light

I did not see him

But I felt his hand

Gently, guiding me through

If I would not have been where I was

I would not know God today

I would not know God’s love

I would not know that he is with me

The pain of my past

Is a reminder

Of all God has done for me

What he has delivered me from

And that he is always beside me

As I look back on my past today

I do not feel regret

I can’t change those things that once haunted me

I don’t want to

I’m not that person I once was

God has used those things

To bring me where I am today

To change me into the person I am today

And to reveal himself to me

And that is all that really matters