REGRETS

Did the year 2020 leave you with regrets? What is regret? Regret is sorrow or disappointment concerning something you should have done or something you did not do, resulting in negative responses.

Listed next are some ways to repel regrets and to rack in the rewards.

1. Get God involved in your life. The world has convinced people, God is not necessary. That you, alone, can do all things and solve all problems. This is not true. Without God you will live a stressed life laced with worry and doubt. Without God, you will allow others to guide you in the wrong directions.
2. Have a relationship with God. He wants to be included in every aspect of your life. Have intimate conversations (prayers) with God. Prayers have evolved into selfish and prideful conversations about what you do not have; what you want; and who did you wrong. Do not pray these types of prayers.
3. Listen to God’s instructions and guidance. He will guide you and send the appropriate people your way for wise counsel and direction.
4. Make good choices. This is a lot easier said than done. But, With God, He will instruct you and allow stumbling blocks to occur to prevent you from making mistakes. So often people step right over these barriers, right into trouble.  
5. Take accountability. Analyze yourself first, admit your wrong doings. No one wants to be wrong, but sometimes you are. Stop blaming others for things that are your fault. Remember, there are always 2 sides to every story, take accountability for your portion. Owning up to your portion will teach you not to do that thing again. If you do not, you will continue to make the same mistakes over and over, because you will never think you are wrong. 
6. Humble yourself to God, not man. Today, people are so eager to please others. People will take your kindness as weakness and often use this trait to their advantage. Humbling yourself to God, He will exalt you, not use you.
7. Be yielding and adaptable. Strong willed people are needed in the world, however, make sure you are strong willed about the correct thing.

Do not wait until the end of a year to rectify regrets or realize your mistakes.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before. Philippians 3:13 KJV.