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I Should Have Loved You First

If I had to do it again, I would have chosen you first.

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Everyone is searching for something or someone.
Either for who they are, who they want to be, or who they want to be with.
We are all lost and in need of something or someone to follow.

If I had to do it again, I would have chosen you first.

The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you” Psalms 32:8 (NLT)
If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. Jeremiah 29:13 (NLT)

All my life I’ve spent looking for something, or someone to complete me.
I have been longing to have someone fill parts of my heart that felt empty.
It wasn’t until the last few years I have found that no one can do that for me.
We are all human and we all fail.
No one will ever be enough for me; no one but Jesus.

Knowing what I know now about who I am and whose I am; I wish I could start over.
I would have fallen in love with the one who created me.
I would have followed his word and his love story for my life.
I would have found myself secure in his love for me instead of desperately seeking approval and love from others around me.

The thing about life is there are no do-overs.
You only have one life to live.
I know I haven't always gotten it right, and that will never change, but from here on out I am deciding to love you first.
I am choosing to set you as number one in my life.
I won't chase after someone or something else, and I won't turn to anyone who isn't chasing after you too.

Search me oh God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Point out anything that offends you
and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Psalm 139: 23-24 (NLT)

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