If I Knew Then

Описание: “If I Knew Then” — A Song of Regret, Fatherhood, and Returning to God (Official Lyric Video) by God’s Side

If I Knew Then is a deeply personal, reflective song born from a moment many parents know too well. After watching an old video of my daughter as a small child, the weight of time, choices, and missed spiritual priorities came crashing in. What followed was not nostalgia alone, but a painful realization: when we are young, we don’t yet understand how heavily regret can rest on us later in life.

This song wrestles with the sorrow of knowing that past decisions didn’t just shape one life, but influenced the spiritual atmosphere a child grew up in. It’s the quiet grief of wishing I had lived closer to God — not for success, comfort, or appearances — but so my child could have seen holiness lived out more clearly. A life of more peace with the Truth of loving God being the center and influencing everything.

Yet If I Knew Then is not a song of despair. It is a song of repentance and resolve. While the past cannot be rewritten, grace still calls us forward. God’s mercy does not end with regret — it begins again in the present moment. The song becomes a prayer: to walk differently now, to love God openly, and to let obedience today speak louder than failure yesterday.

Musical Style:
🎶 Intimate piano and finger-picked acoustic guitar, gentle upright bass, soft brushed drums, and subtle strings. Warm, restrained, and confessional — like a quiet conversation with God late at night.

Themes:
👨‍👧 Fatherhood and spiritual responsibility
⏳ Regret and the weight of time
🙏 Repentance and beginning again
✝️ Choosing God not just for ourselves, but for our children
🌱 Grace that redeems what we cannot undo

Lyrics Highlight:
“If I knew then, what I know now,
I’d choose to love God and show her how.
I can’t go back, the picture stays,
All I can do is walk new ways…”

May this song speak to anyone carrying regret — especially parents — and remind them that while the past is fixed, the present is still holy ground. God does not waste repentance, and love lived now still echoes farther than we think.

This song was prayerfully written by me and shaped with the help of modern AI tools. The message and inspiration come from God’s grace — technology simply helped bring the music to your ears.