eventually make the same mistakes again.
but how can i know what mistakes i made in the past? sometimes we can know because of what happened to us as a result. for example, if we disobey our parents and they punish us, then we can look back and see not to that again. other times we can know something was a mistake because of what happened to others when they did that. it is often a lot less painful to learn life lessons from watching other people than it is to go through them ourselves. lastly, and most importantly, we can know what god thinks about a situation by reading his 