Can/would God do this?

[Godislove94]

This is a really stupid question, but am curious to see answers regardless.

For those who have followed me on this forum, I've had a lot of turmoil during my time as a user. I thought it was all over last summer when I got baptized, only to put myself right back into turmoil with a wrong decision. I struggled really hard with the aftermath for months and in the last couple of weeks have finally started to make peace with what happened and move forward. However, sometimes I do still get upset over it all and even now I still have a very deep desire to go back to the past and relive that time in my life so I can make the opposite decision next time. I pray for the chance to do this a lot. My stupid question is, though I know God would most likely never do this, would He ever allow someone to do as I have been asking? Please forgive me if it's wrong to ask this. It's mainly out of curiosity.

 

[nChrist]

The short answer is no - you can't go backward in time. We all make mistakes, and the best we can do is learn from them and try to do better the next time a situation like that comes up.

 

[dysert]

I struggled with a bad decision for *years*. You're a lot better than me if it only took you months! Could you imagine all the different paths of everyone touched by your decision that would change if you could go back in time? Yes, theoretically, God *could* do this, but I can't in my wildest imagination think that He ever would. For us, time is a one-way street, and it drives the principle of reaping what's sown -- whether good or bad.

I hope you can obtain peace with what happened and look toward the future. Take it from me; wishing for a do-over brings nothing but pain and misery. You can get stuck in the mud for years and become bitter and a nasty person to be around.

 

[Goatee]

We do 'go back'. Sin draws us back. The devil draws us back. God wants us to come to him but sometimes our crosses are very heavy indeed. We fall continuously. Whats important is that we keep getting up and moving forward. Keeping God with us.

 

[1watchman]

As some have already said: a believer in God cannot go back to change things, but can go forward. We need to confess our sins daily (1 Jn. 1:9-10). God expects His children by faith in Christ to show devotion to Him, and He knows we will fail often for we always have the flesh in us, so let us stay in communion with Him and determine to honor Him in all that we say or do or think.

 

[Godislove94]

I struggled with a bad decision for *years*. You're a lot better than me if it only took you months! Could you imagine all the different paths of everyone touched by your decision that would change if you could go back in time? Yes, theoretically, God *could* do this, but I can't in my wildest imagination think that He ever would. For us, time is a one-way street, and it drives the principle of reaping what's sown -- whether good or bad.

I hope you can obtain peace with what happened and look toward the future. Take it from me; wishing for a do-over brings nothing but pain and misery. You can get stuck in the mud for years and become bitter and a nasty person to be around.

Thank you. I am sorry that you had to struggle with the outcome of your wrong choice for so long. I can't even imagine what that would be like because even 10 months was hard and still is. I think the hardest part of all of this was the fact that my mistake came when it was finally time to live the dream that I had been given by God after waiting for so long to pursue it, only to goof it up when it finally came, you know? Honestly, now looking back I believe that the enemy got into my face and managed to fool me with so many lies because I made my decision based on some thought patterns I had at the time...oh well.