{"id":926,"date":"2015-05-22T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=926"},"modified":"2019-05-17T14:24:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T19:24:57","slug":"big-decisions-no-regrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2015\/05\/22\/big-decisions-no-regrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Decisions, No Regrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bigdecisions-e1432227879470.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-963\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bigdecisions-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"bigdecisions\" width=\"625\" height=\"483\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Big Decisions, No Regrets:\u00a0 <\/strong><em>10 steps to make a thoughtful God-guided decision with confidence<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0b<\/em><em>y Lydia Floren<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever noticed that <strong>spring tends to be a time when people make big decisions<\/strong>? You may be <strong>graduating<\/strong> from high school, and figuring out <strong>where you should go to college<\/strong>, or maybe even if you should go to college at all. You may be pondering a <strong>job change<\/strong>, or a <strong>move to a new city<\/strong>, or wondering if you should <strong>get married<\/strong>, or <strong>start a family<\/strong>. You may be facing a decision about your <strong>health<\/strong>, or what <strong>house<\/strong> you should buy, <strong>when to retire<\/strong>, or even what <strong>relationships<\/strong> to invest in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Decisions, especially big decisions, form the framework of our lives.<\/strong> These choices have major impact on each of us, and so it behooves us to make these decisions <strong>deliberately and prayerfully<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>These proven steps will give you <strong>confidence in making a big decision<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_934\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/key-steps-rec-e1432229406580.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-934\" class=\"size-large wp-image-934\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/key-steps-rec-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"Key steps in making a big decision\" width=\"625\" height=\"483\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">10 steps in making a big decision<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is an excerpt from the article<strong>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/decision_landing.html%20\">Big Decisions, No Regrets<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0 To get the complete piece, <\/strong>click <a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/assets\/bigdecisionsfinal.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Decisions, No Regrets:\u00a0 10 steps to make a thoughtful God-guided decision with confidence \u00a0by Lydia Floren Have you ever noticed that spring tends to be a time when people make big decisions? 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