I will exalt you, Lord, for you rescued me.
You refused to let my enemies triumph over me.…
You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy….
-Psalm 30:1, 11b, NLT
Memories of one’s past life remain. They sometimes stalk one in the strangest of times and places.
Such is the nature of grief.
The temptation is to mourn over what “could have been.” But that short changes what “IS.”
My heart fills with joy and gratitude when I start counting my blessings in the present.
I look over at my six year old daughter. Then my sadness over “what might have been” fades away.
I would not trade being Munchkin’s daddy for the world.
Mrs. DM and Munchkin would never have entered my life if my first marriage had not ended. I would never have known the pure joy of living with a full friend and partner in Mrs. DM.
And I would never have tasted the joy of being Munchkin’s daddy.
Sadness fades away in the presence of gratitude. So, my encouragement to you is to start counting God’s blessings in your life whenever you feel the blues of “what might have been” starting to cloud your heart.
This is exactly what I have been experiencing lately. The Lord is so good to remind me to take it one day at a time. When my wife had her Affairs and left me and my teenagers I was mad angry sad depressed, etc…. it would be easy to look back with regret, and regret marrying the sick woman that I did. But then I would not have these children. If I had to I would do it again knowing that I had these children with me. They are worth it. And God is always, always good