Wednesday Prayer: Redeeming Wasted Time

Father, I have years I can't get back, time I feel I wasted, seasons that seem pointless when I look back. I made wrong choices, pursued wrong directions, and spent years in places I shouldn't have been. I can't undo those decisions or reclaim those years. They're just gone.

But you promise to work all things together for good - even the wasted years, even the wrong turns, even the time I feel I lost. You redeemed Moses' forty years in Midian, Paul's three years in Arabia, Jesus' thirty years in obscurity. You can redeem my wasted time too.

Help me stop living in regret about years I can't change and start trusting you with what you can redeem from them. Show me what you were teaching me in seasons that felt pointless. Help me see how you can use even my mistakes as part of the larger story you're writing. Nothing is wasted in your economy. Help me believe that about my life.