Tell Your Story

     What do you do with regrets? Where do they go when you tuck them away until you are reminded of them once again? How do you handle wasted years? Do you hide your past from people so they won't think less of you? But what if your friend is going through something you've gone through, wouldn't you tell them how you made it?  What if you see a younger person about to make a huge mistake, just like you did, won't you tell him!?

     God's Word says in Joel 2:25 that He restores what the locusts have eaten. I want to think this is how He does that. He allows you to help someone thereby using your "stuff" so that He can redeem others. Yet, we are scared to tell, we'd rather cling to our sadness because it's where we have become comfortable. We think our business would be best left hidden.

     Is there a sure fire way to be free of things in our past? No
     Should we allow God to give us voice to help another on their journey? Yes

     I think it's all about how we use it all, our story, to help someone along. We could even help someone prevent having the regret in the first place! So, tell your story. Don't keep it all to yourself - that's where bitterness comes to live ( now there's a regret). Our messy lives are never wasted. God uses it all to point people to Jesus.

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