Nuggets of truth

I’ve enjoyed reading The Joy of the Snow, an autobiography by Elizabeth Goudge (and looking forward to some of her fiction work now).
It’s satisfying to find that someone else has had similar thoughts to the ones you may have been thinking,  and was able to put them into just the right words. Several times in this book I have said to myself, “Yes, she’s right. That’s true for me, too.”
The author’s father, a devout Christian man, towards the end of his life, said, “When I come to the end I shall be saying to God ‘Let me go back and try again’.”
Sometimes I feel that way. That if I could start over, I’d use my time more wisely. I’d think less about doing and just do it. I’d know how to balance work and recreation, wants and needs, calm and busyness,  giving to others and taking care of myself, loving God more and thinking about ‘me, me, me’ less,  and on and on..  Then I wouldn’t feel guilty about having wasted so much time and energy on unnecessary things. 
I think maybe Jesus is the only one who had no regrets about his life. He knew the perfect balance for how to spend His time. He didn’t do things to impress others, to feel better about himself, or out of guilt. He did everything with pure motives. He did everything for the glory of God.
I pray that my life will look more like His as the days and years go by.