“Some of the decisions you wish you could unmake led to chapters of your life you wish you could go back and unlive.”

A thought by Andy Stanley, (2009-04-23) from his book, The Best Question Ever (Kindle Locations 120-121). The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

I found out earlier this week that I made a decision five years ago that is affecting me right now.  It was something I let someone else do for me and it is affecting me today and I have a decision to make today.  One do I play the blame game and throw them under the bus or do I do nothing or do I accept responsibility for the problem and do today what I should have done back then?

It is so much easier to play the blame game and feel so sorry for yourself than it is to take responsibility isn’t it?  It was my fault.  I should have thought the situation through and made sure that they knew everything so they could do their job.  I blew it not them.  I assumed they knew more than they did.

Now another decision I made was more far reaching.  It is still affecting us today.  I stuck my head in the sand until one day I knew I had to face reality and do something about it.  And I finally did but it has cost us financially.  Some decisions we make have positive results and others have negative ones. 

And many of you know what I am talking about.  God can forgive us but we still have to live with the consequences of our decisions. Andy says, “Picking a stock based on a bad tip is one thing; choosing a marriage partner without doing some due diligence is something else entirely. Making four $24.95 payments on something that’s only worth $24.95 to begin with is embarrassing; $25,000 in credit card debt can ruin you. Some of our bad decisions simply embarrass us. Others scar us.”

Let’s do what we can to make right decisions and not stick our heads in the sand.  Also learn from your mistakes and don’t make the wrong decision again.  God honors honesty and He honors dependency. 

So do you have any decisions you regret?