Hello to all you readers! Sorry it has been so long since my last post, life has been very interesting in my world. The Lord has been teaching me new things and has been reminding me of lessons I have experienced in the past and reminding/challenging me to use what I have learned from them.

The lesson that I have been reminded of most recently has been to live life in a way so that I will have no regrets. This lesson has been in the context of relationships. At the present time, some of my family members are experienced some significant health/life events that are indicating that they would benefit from having support for a time.

Because of these situations and needing to determine what my role needs to be in them, I have been challenged to evaluate what my priorities are. In order to do so, I have gone back to scripture and looked at what God's priority scale is. In His Word, I am told that God is to be #1 in my life, then comes my spouse, then the rest of my family, then everything else. I am told to honor my parents, love my children, to follow the call of Christ, etc.

Reviewing God's priority scale has been very helpful to me as I determine how to respond to the needs of my family.

Next, I have gone back to the time when my dad's health was failing and we knew that his earthly life was coming to an end. My whole family talked a lot during those days/months and we all agreed that we each needed to respond to that situation in ways that would not cause regrets after dad was gone.

Everyone responded differently based on where each person was emotionally, spiritually and relationally with dad. We all made efforts to not place expectations on the others or try to determine other people's priorities for them. Our motto at that time was "No regrets". We all experienced love and support from one another and peace during those difficult and dark days because we each responded in our own ways so that we did not have regrets after dad passed away.

As I have been responding to the situations that have popped up in my life, I have worked to follow God's priority scale and to respond in ways so that I will have no regrets later. This has brought me great peace in difficult situations and joy in other situations. I have experienced great freedom in my responses because of taking this approach.

For those of you who are walking through difficult or hectic seasons of your lives, I encourage you to set your own priorities based on God's Word and respond in a way that there will be "No Regrets".

God Bless!