and would not let my offense go unpunished.
15 If I am guilty—woe to me!
Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,
for I am full of shame
and drowned in my affliction.
16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion
and again display your awesome power against me.
17 You bring new witnesses against me
and increase your anger toward me;
your forces come against me wave upon wave.
18 "Why then did you bring me out of the womb?
I wish I had died before any eye saw me.
19 If only I had never come into being,
or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!
20 Are not my few days almost over?
Turn away from me so I can have a moment's joy
21 before I go to the place of no return,
to the land of gloom and deep shadow,
22 to the land of deepest night,
of deep shadow and disorder,
where even the light is like darkness." Job 10:14-22
Do you ever look back and say "if only" I had made a different decision, or "if only" I had performed better, or "if only" I would have listened, then maybe it would be different? Do you cause yourself great affliction or pain based on your decisions if they are the wrong ones? I find it very interesting in our lives that we can look at sin differently before and after. Before, satan makes it look inviting and after it looks dark and awful because we know where we should be living. The idea of our life should not be lived with the statement "if only", it should be lived with the statement "only". Instead of "if only" I would have made a difference in someone's life, make the statement I will "only" make a difference in someone's life. Instead of saying "if only" I would have followed God, make the statement I "only" will follow God. Only God can make that difference in your life. Don't live in the past of "if only's", live in the presence with Only God.
Have a great weekend.
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