Christ Jesus, help me to walk in your counsels rather than my own, to look forward rather than backward.

Jeremiah 7: 23 - 28 
 
Christ Jesus, help me to walk in your counsels rather than my own, to look forward rather than backward ...
 
Given than we are created in the image of God, it is no wonder that we all have 'good ideas' and can 'create' plans, places and plots. Yet, we are called to walk in God's counsels, according to his principles, based as they are on faith, hope and love, rather than trust our own ideas and plans. When I walk in my own counsels, I often find myself  looking backwards,regretting things, or resenting people.  When I walk in the Lord's counsels I am able to plant my trust firmly, to hope in healing, and to look forward with love to ever-better connections with others, and ultimately with God.  Christ Jesus, help me to walk in your counsels rather than my own, to look forward rather than backward. 
                       
May my ways be firm in keeping your statutes. (Psalm 118) 
                                                        
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