If only, or if ... regret, or promise?

Morning: Psalm 137:1-6; Jeremiah 31:27-34; Romans 11:25-36

Evening: Psalms 42, 43; John 11:28-44

‘If only ...’ is the way we voice regret about what might have been. Hindsight is, proverbially, 20/20. We do not accept foresight as easily; that would mean giving ourselves over to trust - in a promise or a person. Mary laments to Jesus about Lazarus’s death: “If you had been here ...”. But Jesus replies with an ‘If’ that leads to a promise: “If you believe, you will see the glory of God” (you will see amazing things). To experience promise instead of regret, you must trust, as Mary did.