Lent 2016: Giving Up Regret
I’m reading through 40 Days of Decrease this lent, fasting something new each day. Today’s fast is regret. The author Alicia Britt Chole writes, “When fresh beginnings are stalked by the memories of stale endings, a sickly substance can steal our strength: regret. Regret empties anticipation, flattens dreams, and suffocates hope, because regret is a form of self-punishment. So for one entire day, I invite you to fast regret. Do not feed it. Do not give it space. Let it go: God’s mercies are “new every morning” (Lamentations 3:23). And meditate on Jesus’ glorious promise from Revelation 21:5, “I am making everything new!”