Joyful Transformation

I say the words “if only” on a regular basis. Do I really think that I could control the world “if only” I had done something just so at just right the moment? Well obviously I believe the answer to that question to be “yes”.

Take tonight for instance. My husband had to go out of town on a business trip. We have become avid 24 watchers. He recorded last Monday’s episode while I was on the cruise ship. I was to record tonight and we would watch both of them together. Well I did everything right, I thought! IF ONLY I had made sure the tape was rewound!! And truly I thought I did, but alas, I blew it again!! I did get the middle part of that stupid show about the Nanny!!

I was thinking of some other times when I thought “if only.” Like the night I was in a car wreck. If only I had stayed at church two minutes later, the girl who ran the red light would not have hit me! IF ONLY I had insisted that the car be taken to a different mechanic it would have been totaled! Then there was the accident my children were in, IF ONLY I had made them leave a few minutes earlier, or IF ONLY I had cooked their breakfast they would not have stopped at the store and the timing would have all been different. We believe that by reliving some less than stellar moments in our lives we could change the outcome…IF ONLY!

But truly we have our safety net. While we cannot change the past, we can live confidently in the fact that we are given a clean slate and a fresh start each time we ask! That is priceless. You know when I consider things that I might have gone back and done differently I know that the end result may have been much worse. God takes care of me even when I don’t exercise the good sense to do it for myself. Praise God that He gave His only son to die for me….IF ONLY I will trust and obey!