Some time ago, I wrote a devotional about not worrying about tomorrow because tomorrow holds its own worries.
But it occurred to me recently, that just about as often as we worry for tomorrow, we fret about yesterday.
How many times do we find ourselves saying, "I wish things could be the way they were, I wish I was younger, I wish I could fit into those jeans again, I wish I didn't make that terrible mistake."
The Lord doesn't want us constantly looking back at what once was. Our enemy does---he wants us to feel discouraged and helpless and ruminate over and over on what we can never change.
Sure, if we need to repent or make something right, we ought to go ahead and do it.
But God doesn't want us drowning in self-pity or regret about past mistakes, or hopelessly longing for what can never be again...