If I do not own my sins then I have not truly repented, I have not truly acknowledged my need for forgiveness, and I have not truly been transformed within myself to not repeat those same mistakes.Before I can overcome my sins, I must own my sins. There is no second option.
I have been thinking about gathering a few of these into book format.
It is quite interesting for me to look back at some of these after the passage of time, realizing that I am not the same person who wrote them. Hopefully it means I am moving in a good direction!
You are, Peter. Sounds like you may have been quite a stinker years ago, but you are so smart and wise that I have confidence that you are one of the few leopards who can change his spots.
Now it’s a matter of is there another woman on the planet besides me who can believe this?
The Twelve Steps program of AA teaches that for you to acquire peace, you must make amends to the people you have wronged. If a man has cheated on his wife - and by doing so, broke her heart - perhaps he can find additional solace by making amends to her.
But, the gift through Jesus is forgiveness from God. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” - 1 John 1:9
(By the way, my ex - whom I loved with all my heart and waited for ten years for a wedding ring that never was bestowed - is now, in his eighties, trying to make amends with me by giving me strange gifts. I really wasn’t longing for a 1963 Italian replica of a Civil-War era revolver, but hey, I love him for the effort. He has also given me two fine guitars (I don’t play), and a 1850 muzzleloader gun. I find comfort in knowing that he regrets THAT much that he never married me!)
This one kind of goes hand in hand with the one you wrote last year in November -" We Cannot Unmake Our Mistakes" https://blog.petersproverbs.us/p/we-cannot-unmake-our-mistakes
Maybe you should consider putting these out in a booklet form, it might do well. Linking as usual @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/
I have been thinking about gathering a few of these into book format.
It is quite interesting for me to look back at some of these after the passage of time, realizing that I am not the same person who wrote them. Hopefully it means I am moving in a good direction!
You are, Peter. Sounds like you may have been quite a stinker years ago, but you are so smart and wise that I have confidence that you are one of the few leopards who can change his spots.
Now it’s a matter of is there another woman on the planet besides me who can believe this?
The Twelve Steps program of AA teaches that for you to acquire peace, you must make amends to the people you have wronged. If a man has cheated on his wife - and by doing so, broke her heart - perhaps he can find additional solace by making amends to her.
But, the gift through Jesus is forgiveness from God. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” - 1 John 1:9
(By the way, my ex - whom I loved with all my heart and waited for ten years for a wedding ring that never was bestowed - is now, in his eighties, trying to make amends with me by giving me strange gifts. I really wasn’t longing for a 1963 Italian replica of a Civil-War era revolver, but hey, I love him for the effort. He has also given me two fine guitars (I don’t play), and a 1850 muzzleloader gun. I find comfort in knowing that he regrets THAT much that he never married me!)