A thought by John Ortberg from his book, What Is God's Will for My Life? (p. 70). Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)
The matter of making a choice is really tough before you make it but many times it is tough after you make it. Have you found that true?
John says, “Often in life when we make a choice, we’re tempted to obsess over the question of whether we chose the best option. Often this will happen most when it helps the least—when we’re frustrated or depressed with our decision.”
He goes on, “We compare the best-imagined aspects of choice B with the most exaggerated difficulties of the choice we’ve made: how friendly the people at place B would have been, or how much better a fit job B would have been, or what a better spouse B would have been.
“We don’t recognize that there is no script for how things would have gone with plan B, just as there’s no script for how things will go with plan A. The biggest determinant of how things will go with plan A is whether I throw myself into this decision with great enthusiasm and prayer and hope and energy.
He then says, “If I stew over what might have been, I rob myself of energy and spirit to see all the small opportunities God sets before me each day. I rob myself of precisely the spiritual assets I need to find life with God right here, right now. In other words, often what matters most is not the decision I make but how I throw myself into executing it. It’s often better to execute an imperfect choice with your best self than the perfect choice with your wrong self.”
So, as John says, “When you face a choice and make a decision, don’t limp across the threshold. Hop.”
So, will you worry or will you hop?
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