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My devotional reading took me to Psalm 51 today. This is a psalm of King David when the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. I'm convinced that if anyone ever says they absolutely have no regrets in life... well, they're lying! The regrets in my own life have come from me either doing or saying the wrong thing,... or me NOT doing/saying the right thing. There is a difference here. The 'NOT doing/saying the right thing' encompasses all those times I knew what the right thing was, but failed to do it. And there have been those times that I've done the wrong thing, and then knew the right thing to do to correct the wrong... and not done it (confusing isn't it!). Seems to me that I fail to NOT do/say the right thing more than I do the wrong thing.

Here's a couple of examples of those I observed today that DID do/say the right thing: I picked up a friend from the airport today returning from a business trip to the Middle East. He told me of his experience with a taxi driver while there who was word bashing Christians. Without much thought he tells the driver that he's a Christian and that he did not appreciate what was being said.
I also spent some time today with a couple that gave nearly their entire day to make sure someone they knew got the medical attention they needed. They sacrificed in order to do the right thing.

These are just a couple of instances... I observed many more examples of people doing/saying the right thing. If you ever find yourself with a regret for doing the wrong thing, or NOT the right thing... read Psalm 51 and see how David made right the wrong with God.