I am a man filled with regrets.  I don’t know if I have more regrets than most people my age but I suspect I do.

By that, I don’t mean guilt.  I’ve known for years how to handle guilt.  I just come to the Lord, repent and ask for forgiveness.  He’s always forgiven and cleansed me.

Regret, though, that’s different.  Regrets haunt me.  All those decisions I made and actions I took that looking back were mistakes. Man, I can certainly beat myself up about those things.

I’m learning, however, that God doesn’t want me to live a life filled with regrets.  He wants to set me free from that terrific burden.

I’m beginning to grasp, more and more, that His abundant grace is available to me for my mistakes as well as my sins.

Sometimes, I make mistakes not because I’m selfish, rebellious, or disobedient but just because I’m incomplete.  I’m a human being that has finite knowledge and limited understanding and because of that I sometimes often make bad judgements and take steps that I eventually regret.

Jesus came to set me free from the guilt that comes from sin but He also came to set me free from my incompleteness, my flawed self, and my limitedness.

To be free from regrets, I must learn to fully embrace His grace for whatever the cause of my brokenness.  I must cling to the fact that His grace is more than enough for my intentional sins…and also my honest mistakes.