Just a little thought

I am one that believes that life is a journey until the day the Lord takes us from this world. I think that everyday we encounter new things, new experiences, and new people that can change that journey. I also live my life with a "no regret" policy. I think that regretting your mistakes or actions is a waste and that instead you must learn from those experiences and move forward in life. There is no time for regret...only learning. Not only is there no time for regret in life, but there is not time to wallow in our saddness. Too many days are wasted in life because we think about the "could have beens" that didn't happen. I learned that lesson the hard way. When Kris and I learned that we could not have more children I spent a good portion of time...months really...feeling sorry for myself. For what reason? Yes, it was important to mourn that loss and of course it is something I think about to this day. However, it was God's plan and I realize that now.

Sometimes we question God. We wonder why why WHY. Why couldn't we have more children? Why this and why that. The answer is quite simple. Because that was part of HIS plan. Sit back and think about your life for a minute. Had you not had "this or that" happen, would you have ended up where you are today? Life is an amazing web of circumstances that build upon each other to lead us on "our jourey." Had I not had that cheating boyfriend, I wouldn't have gone back to church at the time that I did. Had I not gone back to church at that time I would not have met my husband. If it would have just been a few months later then he would have already been living here, in Canton, and we would have never crossed paths. See what I mean...circumstances. What are your circumstances? How did you end up where you are today? Do you ever stop to think about the decisions you made that led you to one place or another in your life? I think that God leads those circumstances and decisions.

This little girl is proof. Thank you God for directing our lives, our decisions, our circumstances...because they take us where we are meant to be.