Wrong choices

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong. (1 Peter 5:10 NIV)

 Do you ever struggle with how to look at wrong choices you have made? Most of us enjoy finding we’ve made right choices, and we can definitely see the benefits in those.

 However, it’s harder to see any good that could come from our wrong choices.

 Maybe you feel like no matter what you do, you’re never going to be able to make up for your mistakes. Perhaps it seems like the blessings that you would have received had you not made these choices have been lost and your life will never be quite as good or complete as it could have been without your mess-ups.

 Whether we make a right choice or a wrong one, there are many good things we can learn. In fact, many times I think we learn as much and, in some cases even more from our wrong choices.

 With the wrong choices, even though they do often mean that the road before us may be longer and more difficult, we can still gain the lessons and growth that we need. They provide a means to relate to others regarding their shortcomings. —M. Fontaine [1]

 It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult. —Seneca

[1] M. Fontaine Anchor Pats and Pans