One day Baby Cole, Josh and I were laying in bed reading books Josh kept putting his arm on Baby Cole's stomach. She got mad after telling him to stop a few times and bit him hard. He started screaming and Cole pulled away. As Cole looked at the bite marks, she curled up in a ball and started sobbing. She kept repeating"I so sorry Josh, I hurt you." She said this over and over while rocking herself back and forth. I took me fifteen minutes to get her to stop crying so we could talk about what happened. Today our pastor was talking about allowing sin in our lives and how we are called to rid ourselves of all sinful acts and have true repentance. The Lord reminded me of this event with Baby Cole. Do I truly feel that level of remorse when I go against what God has called of me? Do I feel true remorse when I chose to be harsh when the Spirit is leading me to be gentle or when I refuse to act when the Spirit is clearly telling me to move?
The Lord doesn't want us to be trapped in guilt from the past, but to be forgiven we do need to acknowledge that we have fallen short of the glory of God and confess with a contrite heart.
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