MISTAKES

“All of us have something in our past that we regret doing. It may have been an honest mistake, a moral failure, or a foolish decision. We wish it had not happened, but remains in our mind and often drags us down” (Our Daily Bread, May 24, 2007)Yes, I can relate the statement. “While the past remains part of our lives, it does not have to determine our future” (Our Daily Bread, May 24, 2007)

You believers remember King David and his moral failure. Commanding Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, to come and sex him. (adultery and essentially rape). Bathsheba became pregnant and David sent to Uriah who was in battle and tries to get Uriah to return home and sleep with Bathsheba. However, Uriah, a warrior would not do so and slept at King David doorstep said he could not do such a thing while his men were in battle. David send Uriah back to battle with sealed instruction to the commander to put Uriah in front of the battle and hence Uriah was killed as King David hoped.(a murderer that King David) Yes, “a man after God’s on heart” When confronted with issue by the prophet Nathan King David said, “ I have sinned against the Lord.’(2 Samuel 12:13)H-M-M-, it appears King David was not quite perfect. Yes, he was forgiven was some consequences followed. So Jesus, the Lord, or God or whatever you call or Maker will forgive if we confess with regrets our failur