Holding on to Regrets?

Hello All,

Have you ever regretted over something you’ve done or failed to do?

If life was perfect and the world we live in unbroken, there would be no place for regrets. Regrets are indicators that something is not right in our lives and in this world.

Regrets are effects of a fallen world.

Holding on to Regrets?

By Joanne Liaw Sook Ling

'Don't cry over spilt milk!' goes the wise adage

A profound, pithy statement of the sage

What can you do when the milk has been spilt?

Why wallow in regret and pointless guilt?

It is always easier said than done

We have regrets; others more than some

If time could just give us another chance

To undo a wrong step made in a dance

Hurtful words, we wish were left unspoken

Tender hearts, we wish we had not broken

Loving words, we should not have left unsaid

Burning bridges, we've painstakingly made

Betraying others and being betrayed

Leaving someone when we should have stayed

Forsaking others for selfish gains

Wrongs we keep doing again and again

We cannot undo the wrongs we have done

Not by regretting every single one

Not by atoning for them with good deeds

Those remedies are futile, indeed!

The greatest regret of humanity

Is eating from that forbidden tree

Rejecting God’s reign and authority

Messing up the world and ruling poorly

Do not give way to despair; don’t lose hope

For help dangles not from a flimsy rope

But rescue finds its firm foundation

In Jesus, the Rock of our salvation

Cursed is He who is hung on a tree

Christ was accursed for you and me

He reversed humanity’s greatest regret

On the Tree, God’s wrath and mercy met

'Don't cry over spilt milk!' goes the wise adage

A profound, pithy statement of the sage

Cry not over the milk that has been spilt

For Jesus has taken away your guilt

Points for Reflection:

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”

(Galatians 3:13 ESV)

·         Are you wallowing in regret? Are there hurtful words, you wish were left unspoken? Are there tender hearts, you wish you had not broken? Have you burned bridges, you've painstakingly made? Have you forsaken and betrayed others for selfish gains?

·         We are perhaps so wrapped up in the regrets of our lives that we do not realise the greatest regret of humanity – rejecting God’s reign and authority.

·         The wonderful news for those who trust in Christ is that He has reversed the effect of that regretful rejection. He died hanging on a tree and became a curse for us so that He may free us from the curse of the law. No longer do we need to fear eternal death in hell for He has set aside a place for us in heaven. Doesn’t that bring great relief to your troubled hearts?

·         Commit to God the other regrets that you are holding on to. Ask Him to lift the burden of guilt from you and to find joy in the reversal of humanity’s greatest regret.