When John Gager was a student, he discovered the importance of having the right goal in mind.

He was playing flag football.

Nobody ever threw the ball to me.

But the quarterback was about to get pummeled. I mean pummeled.

And in a last desperation move, he threw the ball to me.

To me finally.

I ran with that ball, ran straight toward the end zone.

There's cheering, there's screaming, there's yelling.

I'm a little confused.

I dashed across the end zone line,

only to discover I had been in the wrong end zone.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Lies up on Twitter and Facebook, and I got some terrific responses.

I asked this, if you could have a do-over of your life, what would you do more of and what would you do less of? Are there any regrets

that you can share? And some of these responses were really ones that I think many of us would

feel. One woman said, I wish I would have waited more patiently for my husband. I married at 28,

but it felt like eternity. Another woman said, I wish I had loved

my mother better. I wish I had loved people better. Another one said. I wish I had more

patience with my children. There's another one. And then here's one. If I could have a do-over,

it would be the first 28 years of my marriage. Well, that's a long time to need a do-over.

But this woman talked about unsurrendered areas of deep-rooted, uncontrollable anger and idolatry nearly

destroyed my marriage. Here's one from a pastor's wife. She said, I would spend more time

shepherding my children's hearts

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