Friday, August 28, 2009

I'm A Lifer

Life is about admitting your mistakes. Those who cannot admit their mistakes, are doomed to repeat them.

I met a girl like that once; even fell in love with her. In her life, everything bad that happened was somebody else's fault. By blaming others, she never felt the need to take responsibility for her own life's situations, so she never changed herself. It was always somebody else who needed to change to suit her. And, if she never changes that tune, she will always be the willing victim in her life. That's sad.

So, my life, my mistakes. Not learning to be more unselfish in my twenties, that was my mistake, and it cost me my first marriage. Not wanting or willing to be alone, that was my mistake, and it led to me marrying my second wife. Not dealing with my past and hiding my head in the sand, that was my mistake, and that helped lead to my second marriage failing. Falling in love with someone, when I was married to somebody else, that was my mistake, and it hurt somebody I really had no desire to hurt. Falling in love with a non-Christian, that was my mistake, and it has led me to a lifetime of pain and a crossroads in my life.

Wearing my heart on my sleeve, and being open...that wasn't a mistake, that is just me, that is who I am.

All of my mistakes, they lead me to who I am today. Today...today is a new day. Each and every day, is a new day, a day of choices and opportunities. A day of forgiveness. Each and every day, is a blessing, a gift from God to me.

I admit my mistakes. I learn from them. I am forgiven. And I move on into my future.

This is my life. I accept it, I live it, and I am thankful for it. May God bless it, and use it for His glory.

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