I was having a conversation with a single friend the other day and she was telling me about an ex of hers that is married and just recently had a baby. She was feeling down and out because as she put it, "That could have been me, I sure messed that one up!" I found myself also going back down memory lane, remembering how I rejected the advances of someone who later became a NBA player, and thinking about my high school sweetheart who is now married with 2 children.
What would my life be like now if I did talk to that guy on the boardwalk instead of brushing him off? What would my children look like if my high school sweetheart and I didn't break up because he went to another college?
It's funny how we can beat ourselves up about what could've, should've, would've been. The reality is, if it was God's will, then it would have been. I know it is cliche, but everything happens for a reason. Trying to turn back the hands of time is impossible. All we can do is WAIT on the Lord. Jeremiah 29:11 says, " For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Whenever my mind tries to wander back onto past relationships to wonder what could have been, I remember that scripture and am filled with hope. My story is not over yet, Just like that...the best is yet to come!
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