Hindsight

Hindsight:  perception of the nature of an event AFTER it has happened.

We've all heard it, and I'm sure we have, at one time, have all said it:  "I wish I knew then what I know now, I would've done things differently."

Would we really?  I would like to think so-

The 'Shoulda', Coulda', Woulda' Syndrome!

I recently experienced that so-called-syndrome.  I reacted to something in such a way that was not in what I would call my 'normal' character.  I keep thinking about it and wondering, 'What on earth caused me to react this way?'  

Was the moon full?  Were the planets out of alignment?  Was I hungry and didn't have access to a Snickers Bar?

Whatever the reason for my reaction, it brought regret.

So, what to do?

Like David, I prayed-

    And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.  1 Chronicles 21:8

In this life, there are moments when we are going to be foolish, and to act foolishly.  But with God there is always forgiveness.  1 John 1:9

Hindsight causes us to wish things were done differently;  I am allowing this event to prevent me from making the same mistake again-

                                        But that's just me!

"Our yesterdays present irreparable things to us; it is true that we have lost opportunities which will never return, but God can transform this destructive anxiety into a constructive thoughtfulness for the future.  Let the past sleep, but let it sleep on the bosom of Christ.  Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistible Future with Him."  Oswald Chambers

"Brethren I count not myself to be apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,"  The Apostle Paul