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What To Do If You've Made a Wrong Decision

What if you’ve made a wrong decision and now you’re stuck with it? I meet a lot of people who are living by that old saying, “You made this bed, now you have to lie in it.”

But I can’t find that in the Bible! God doesn’t say, “Too bad, now you’re disqualified, it’s over for you.” No! He is rich in mercy and loves you greatly! (Ephesians 2:4). He’s willing to give you another chance.

So what should you do if you’ve made a wrong decision? Ask God to forgive you and help you get back on track. There is a whole chapter in my book "I Forgive You, But..." on forgiving yourself because you must do it!

I know some might say it’s not that simple to just forgive yourself, especially if there are other people involved. Granted, a wrong decision may have set off a chain of events that can’t be reversed, and maybe there are a lot of lives, yours included, that have been affected very badly.

But we can’t rewrite the past, or take back those wrong decisions. Beating yourself up isn’t going to change anything, and it’s going to hinder you from moving forward, plus make you miserable!

What’s done is done -- you have to move on. The Apostle Paul said, “…one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13, 14).

Now, Paul had some pretty major things to forget. For one thing, he murdered Christians! I bet you haven’t missed it that badly. So don’t beat yourself up – be like Paul and put it behind you.

Yes, it’s better to make the right decision the first time, but everyone has made some wrong decisions. It doesn’t matter how many times you fall down, all that matters is how many times you get back up again. Just get up one more time than you fall down!

God is incredibly patient with us. He doesn’t disqualify us when we blow it. He has only had humans to work with for His entire career – He’s not freaked out over you!