Acceptance

Lately I've been stumbling upon the subject of acceptance, and mostly with my past. I feel that if I can make peace with my past and accept it, then I can let go and enjoy the present more. If I can accept that my life didn't go as planned and trust that God's plan was better, then I can enjoy where He has me here and now. If I can accept the low tides as well as the high tides, then I can make peace with the mountains and valleys in my life as well.

"You must accept whatever situation the Lord has put you in, and continue on as you were when God first called you. " 1 Corinthians 7:17

How can I find meaning in the low points in my life, in my regrets? I've been fighting battles in my life, and I've overcome most of them. Satan will continue to use my regrets as ammo to turn my victories into defeat. But God will fight these battles for me. Regret serves no purpose in our lives.
"When Satan tempts me to despair, upward I look and find Him there."
We all have our dark times. We all have our own mess and regrets. I forget that all of this is just a beautiful journey with ebbs and flows. Life is a beautiful mess, and I want to learn to love that mess and the messy people in it.
"No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead." Philippians 3:13-14

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Lisa said…
I love the bible verse on accepting what the Lord brings into your life. One thing I've learned is that God's plan is ultimately, always what is best for us even when we don't see it at the time. For ex: if I hadn't have moved to UH to be closer to my ex Jason, we wouldn't have broken up, I wouldn't have hung out with Angela to drown my sorrows, and in turn, got to know and start dating Matt, and then we wouldn't have gotten married. And when we got pregnant so soon after marriage, even though it wasn't in our own timing, we recognized that God's timing was more important and we accepted it because we saw that for whatever reason, God wanted me to be pregnant at that very moment in time. And God knew what he was doing, because everything about my pregnancy's timing was not what we expected, but it was for the best in the end.
If I hadn't have gotten pregnant at just the precise time I did, it would've put my due date at a later time, perhaps after being laid off and losing my health insurance, and Matt and I would've really been struggling. So my point is, that accepting what God wants to happen in our life and puts before us is best for us, whether it was what we wanted for ourselves or not. If all the things in my life had't happened to me at precisely the time God put them there, I wouldn't be who I am today, or where I am. So embrace it! :)
August 16, 2011 at 2:33 PM
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