http://www.metroi4news.com/2009/11/if-i-knew-then/ Highlighting the News from Florida's Central Corridor Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:47:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.metroi4news.com/2009/11/if-i-knew-then/comment-page-1/#comment-1354 Cliff Wheeler Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:11:30 +0000 http://www.metroi4news.com/?p=3735#comment-1354 Chris, I would choose to not go the "what if" route. When I do look back on some of the more milestone events in my life, I frequently can clearly see what God was leading me to and teaching me in the process. Other events , I trust are still being worked out to His glory, though I can't yet see , nor may ever see ,the eventual outcome. Of one thing I am certain, God has certainly used some of my stupid and sinful choices in positive ways that I could not have imagined at the time I was sitting there in regret and wondering about the outcome. I certainly don't want to get into "predestination" theology, but I do believe God is in charge and knows our choices and has a plan for each of us. Consequently,if our faith is in the Lord, in all things we should be joyful--even when it ain't fun anymore! After all, if you think about it, when we take on the question of "what if I had done it differently or done this instead of that?", isn't our motivation really self centered, aimed at our perception of what would have been the better outcome for ourselves? I prefer to think that God looked down in love at me and said, "OK, bad choice! Now watch what I can do with that!" Chris, I would choose to not go the “what if” route. When I do look back on some of the more milestone events in my life, I frequently can clearly see what God was leading me to and teaching me in the process. Other events , I trust are still being worked out to His glory, though I can’t yet see , nor may ever see ,the eventual outcome. Of one thing I am certain, God has certainly used some of my stupid and sinful choices in positive ways that I could not have imagined at the time I was sitting there in regret and wondering about the outcome. I certainly don’t want to get into “predestination” theology, but I do believe God is in charge and knows our choices and has a plan for each of us. Consequently,if our faith is in the Lord, in all things we should be joyful–even when it ain’t fun anymore! After all, if you think about it, when we take on the question of “what if I had done it differently or done this instead of that?”, isn’t our motivation really self centered, aimed at our perception of what would have been the better outcome for ourselves? I prefer to think that God looked down in love at me and said, “OK, bad choice! Now watch what I can do with that!”

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