A Parent's Dreams Dashed - God's Gift Wasted

My daughter ran into a high school friend the other day. The friend had dropped out of college ~ again ~ and was living with her boyfriend, obviously no longer walking with God.



I said to my daughter, "You mean she threw away another scholarship?!" (She has had 2 that a lot of kids would drool over.) My daughter just said, "Mom, I didn't even know what to say."



What this girl doesn't realize is that God lets you screw up big time. And He will let you wallow in the mess you've made. If you come to your senses, confess and repent of the sin of wasting the gift He lavished on you, you will be restored to righteousness, but you will never get back what you threw away.



Life may get good again, but never as good as it would have been if you had walked in the will of God all along the way.



Pray the she does not do serious damage to her health. Pray for her parents, who poured so much love into her, and must be agonizing over the poor choices she is now making.



I thank the Lord once again for the daughter He chose for me. I cannot express in words how grateful I am.