Oh regret

The sin that was
weighs
heavy
my remorse and shame and guilt
not so loving
not so kind
downright awful
wrongs I’ve done

I have repented
yet I feel
the weight of
what I’ve done
what I’ve not
what I could have
those I hurt
those I could have helped
that helping hand I never gave
Jesus saves and He’s forgiven
I am His
abiding strong in Him
yet oh regret

I will not stay in this regret
I will not fret and languish
I choose to leave my past as past
as Paul says in Philippians
and as I stray as weak I am
repent
go forward
learn and grow from where I’ve been
pursue His ways more surely

References

Philippians 3:13-21     Amplified Bible (AMP)  
“…forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal to win the [heavenly] prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ All of us who are mature [pursuing spiritual perfection] should have this attitude. And if in any respect you have a different attitude, that too God will make clear to you. ¹⁶ Only let us stay true to what we have already attained.  ¹⁷ Brothers and sisters, together follow my example and observe those who live by the pattern we gave you. ¹⁸ For there are many, of whom I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears, who live as enemies of the cross of Christ [rejecting and opposing His way of salvation], ¹⁹ whose fate is destruction, whose god is their belly [their worldly appetite, their sensuality, their vanity], and whose glory is in their shame—who focus their mind on earthly and temporal things. ²⁰ But [we are different, because] our citizenship is in heaven. And from there we eagerly await [the coming of] the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; ²¹ who, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself, will [not only] transform [but completely refashion] our earthly bodies so that they will be like His glorious resurrected body.”  – Philippians 3:13-21     Amplified Bible (AMP)