Last Sunday (Ch.2 of the book pictured), we looked at how God uses our regret. One of the points he brought up was how regret steals our joy, and he shared examples of how some people can't see past their mistakes. This week our family experienced a good example of this, and it turned out to be a good life lesson for Taylor.
On Wed night at church, Taylor left her sweater (with ipod in pocket) in the bathroom. This, after Cindy had told her to leave the ipod in the car. However, she didn't listen and took it with her. When she realized she left it in the bathroom, we retrieved her sweater but there was no ipod to be found. This immediately brought tears and feelings of regret as we searched for it while tracking down the maintenance crew and the lost and found but to no avail. Taylor cried the whole way home, knowing that she had made a mistake, and we counseled her on the importance of keeping up with your valuables, and we encouraged her that it may still be found and returned to her.
When we got home, Taylor prayed a heart-felt prayer to God that it would be returned, but first she acknowledged that there were more important things in her life that she was thankful for. To our surprise on Thursday morning, we received a call from church that the ipod was found! Taylor was so happy, and Cindy and I were so relieved, but the ipod is ours for a couple of weeks as punishment for not listening. Lesson learned indeed.
But more importantly, I believe Taylor's faith was strengthened, and I'm continually awed by both Taylor and Nicole's childlike faith. Taylor's prayer the last 2 nights have been ones of thanks to God for hearing her prayers. Must be why we named her Taylor Faith.
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