I am interested in hearing about some regrets that christians may have from past decisions they made.?
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If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that regrets are part of life - what one person regrets, another may not - and whether you do or don't regret something, is what makes you, YOU.\n\nThere is no sure-fire way of avoiding all potential regrets because you're unique. Your response to what comes your way, will be just that: YOUR response. There are no guarantees in life, and we have to just do the best we can.\n\nWhile it is wise to learn from others' mistakes and experiences, you are not everyone else. There are things in my life that I regret - but had they not happened, I wouldn't be the person I am today. If I hadn't endured an abusive relationship, I wouldn't be a strong, assertive woman now. Mind you, another woman in the same situation might have crumbled. The key is to take whatever happens in life and LEARN from it.\n\nConsider three prisoners of war. They're all in the same place, under the same conditions, facing the same horrors. One becomes bitter and hardened, one gives up and may as well already be dead - and one keeps hope alive in his heart that he'll live to see his wife and children again. They're all in the same boat. The difference is attitude.\n\nLife is about loving, laughing, living and learning. Life is about growth. Terrible things happen to people every day. It's the way we respond to the situations that matter the most.  :)
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Don't hurt him if you do not have too. It sounds like you have already turned your life around-you do not and have not cheated for a long time. You have already changed.  A past mistake (we all have regrets) is haunting you-it is ok to feel regrets. If you were still cheating-I would say you have a problem-but you have corrected that behavior. You are a different person now-enjoy this person and hopefully you will not revert back.\n Hindsight you have already paid for that mistake-years of guilt. And you already know the hurt it could bring. Now work on making your life the one you want to be. Do you want to be the cause of pain to someone now? Admitting this without cause will create much hurt-don't do it. Is there a reason for this?  Move on and be the person you really want to be, the past is the past nothing can change that-not a thing.\n Rather you believe in the Bible or not-there is a man named Paul(Saul was his given name-change to Paul)-who in the beginning killed many Christians-later he change and became a very strong Christian. Did he have regrets-many-but he worked on a better man-and continue on this way-few mention his past mistakes-but many remember his good works. He didn't boast or bring up his past sins-but continued on a fine course. And I bet it help him in his dealings with those who did error. \n Get busy(and stay busy) with proper actions and thoughts-there is plenty to do there. Best Wishes
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I agree with Fuzzyblueflowers.  As much as I love the Lord there is never a day that I don't have to make a conscience decision about something.  And I mean a decision to follow the world's way or the Lord's.  It is very easy to be sucked in to what the world has to offer.  The Lord calls us to be a peculiar people set apart, in the world not of it. That is not an easy thing.
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Wow, so much! It would be a list too long for this post. Where to start. Anger, sex before marriage, getting divorced, cursing God, turning my back on him many years ago, maybe not being the right kind of parent. Im sure is I woke up in hell, I could give plenty of reasons I deserve to be there.\n\nThank God for his love and mercy, I wont have to. Whew.
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I almost left my spouse and I am so thankful I didn't.  I deserved to lose everything/everybody in my life because of my stupidity but I believe God intervened for me.  I am not going to badmouth this person because I am just as much to blame for this mess as he but he definitely was not the person I thought he was.  It has been over for 2 years and I am still paying for this really bad decision.  I will say it before everyone else will, "what goes around comes around."  I deserve that one.
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well from what i can see alot....praise God.......i have only been a christian for 5 yrs now...there are ups and downs....but i can never nor do i want to go back to the way it was before..i cant imagine my life with out Christ in  it
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If you regret it, you want to change it and to change something would change who you are. I have no regrets in my past. Everything you go through in life makes you who you are. Makes you stronger, more understanding, tougher and less ignorant. There are things in everyone's past that has been rough for them, but the experience of it has made them walk away with something more. It's part of life. Everything in life has a purpose.
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If I could go back then I would go back to when I was born and try to stop some of the things  i did and change some things and help out the people that needed help and were scared to ask for it. If was able to do that they might still be alive and made a differnce in life. 2nd 1 I would go back to when jesus was hung on the cross and carry the cross for him and thank him for dying for all of us
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people generally regret it and feel guilt
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Regrets wouldn't do any good. What's done is done. The past is past. Get on and leave her behind.\n\nAttagirl!
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Getting saved in church.It made my life change knowing that Jesus died for my sin and that God will forgive me for all sin committed and all in future if i ask for forgiveness in his name. I know someone always loves me and will be there for me throughout my life in good times and in bad. Someone who is never ashamed of me for what i did or thought about doing but lets me know what I could do better and how to go about doing so.
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Probably some of the really bad mistakes I've made but then again everything happens for a reason kinda like it was God's intention for things to go certain ways however we do make the choices so there will be consequences! we just have to deal with them in a mature way!!!
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I do regret it.  Although I was not promiscuous, my husband still wasn't my first and that is something I can never change.  If I had it to do all over again, I would have waited.
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No. Christianity is about who you are, not just random choices you make.\n\nGrace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.\nBut also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.\nTherefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  II Peter 1:2-10\n\nLet us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:\n Fear God and keep His commandments,\n For this is man’s all.  Ecclesiastes 12:13
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First let me say you are not the only one who has been through such things.  I too, have done things which I later regret but at the time I refuse to think about the consequences because at the time it feels right.  You can avoid making the same mistakes twice by learning from your first mistake.  Before you do something on impulse..evaluate the situation, think about the pros and cons and then decide if it's worth it.
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in my opinion no. you confess your sins to God and accept him into your heart and you are forgiven. the sins hang over your head kind of as a reminder to not do them again and that they are wrong
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I would rather not make a decision at all.  God gave us all free will and said to not judge others.  Therefore, I couldn't take way the free will of others or judge them and their mistakes by sending them back to start all over.