What do you do when everything is going wrong? What do you do when you realize toy made a huge mistake and you wish it could be hidden, but it has come to light? What do you do when you accidentally screw something up and it doesn't seem fixable?
Proverbs 3:5-6
5Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.[a]
7Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord and shun evil.
We should head straight to God...pray! Praying is talking to God. Talk to Him. Admit what you have done. Ask what you should do about it from this point on. Ask for forgiveness for anything you might have done wrong, even accidentally. Trusst in the Lord.
He will make your paths straight. If you trust God, pray, ask for guidance,ask for forgiveness, you will find a peace you didn't know you could have. You will be quietly joyful among the turmoil. You will confidently know what to do, or not to do, next.
The inverse of the problem? Next time, before you speak or do anything, pray about it first and wait for an answer. Then act, or not. That is what Proverbs 3:5-6 is trying to say. It doesn't mean once you mess up, everything will be okay if you pray THEN. It means you pray FIRST, then act. That is the best way to live this life. Then you will be joyful, at peace with your decisions, and loving to others. However, if you pray last, well, you have some forgiveness you will need to request from God and you may have some issues in your life that have gone differently than if you had prayed first and only acted on the results of your prayers, but you will get through it still. And you will get through it in peace once you are in pray and aligning your actions with what God is leading to you to do from this point forward.
Father help us to wait on you prayerfully, to trust you will help us through everything, and to make our paths straight through your guidance and wisdom, not ours. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
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