If you could go back in time and change anything in your life, would you? That sounds like a "well duh" kind of question for all of us have made mistakes that we regret and would like a "Mulligan" or do over.
But would we really? What if we knew that by changing anything in our past we could radically change our present, that we would not be the person we are now, married to the one we are married to, have brought into the world the children we have, have the friends that we have, be the person we are - what then?
I know we have all made mistakes that we regret having made, but I also know that every experience was a step along a path that brought me to this point, contributing to the person I am today, being a part of the family and circle of friends I have today, as well as being involved in the work and ministry of which God has privileged me to be a part.
God not only can "work all things for the good of those who love him" (Rom 8:28), he has been working those things out in my life and in yours, who love him as well.
Your life's path may be as crooked as a snake's back due to bad choices you or others around you have made, or circumstances beyond your control. But God has been working those things out in your life, blessing you in ways that may not even be fully realized as yet to bring you to this point and to the points to come.
James says to "count it all joy when you face trials of many kinds because they work to complete and mature you" (Jas 1:2-4). Your journey is not about where you are, it is about where you are going and who is going with you. If you hadn't gone through what you've gone through, you would be on a different path, traveling with different people. Do you really want to change that? Jus' Askn.
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