Woe to me when I do things I regret. Woe to is all, for we all have regrets. However, there is hope in our "Woe!" God forgives!
This Thing I Do but Not Wanna Do
This thing I do but do not want to do-
This thing I do not, but want to-
I do not understand this state of sin,
But I know God can change me from within.
He changes my want to.
He changes me through and through.
He can clean up what I do not want to do-
Like,
I don’t want my wayward deeds to sprout like weeds.
I don’t want to take what will addict and cause conflict.
I don’t want to get stoned with my problems just postponed.
I don’t want to do what will cause harm or offend in the end.
I don’t want drugs to take that, my character, would re-make.
I don’t want to visit bars and drive fast cars just for temporary applause.
I don’t want my tongue to, gossip, spread or Satan’s voice get in my head.
I don’t want to be involved in selfish plunder and be caught in my stupid blunder.
All the things I could do, but do not want to do only lead to a phony thrill.
They are against God’s nature and His will.
They lead to a temporary kick and leave me feeling unfit.
They anchor the bars of Satan’s prison cell and cast his spell.
If I should do what I do not want to do, shame on me, for God can free.
The things I do not want to do-
Lead to embarrassment, guilt, and shame!
They smear my name.
They leave me feeling cheap but, with God, newness I reap.
He takes my despair and gives me the breath of clean air,
He helps me grow and my joy overflow.
He helps me do what I wanna do,
Instead of what I do not wanna.
Mary Crisp Jameson 3/4/2026
“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do – this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.” Romans 7:15-20 NIV
