Post by Zac Loh on Sept 14, 2005 2:14:58 GMT -5
Face-Up To It
When we have sinned, we cannot just move-on to avoid the guilt. It could be a habitual avoidance. Therefore, we need to look at the part of us that sinned, and pay attention to it. Only then, will there be a recovery.
The truth is that when we face-up to it, there will be no guilt. It is an irony.
Repentance calls for the addressing and confronting the part of us that sinned. It is not about putting condemnation upon ourselves.
But we grow, even in the area of repentance. Facing-up to our sin takes a growing process. When dealing with their sins, many people started-off having difficulty in facing-up to that unpleasant part in their lives. We try to forget it, hoping that somehow it won’t affect us to the point of us being unable to carry-on normally. We have the fear of losing our equibelirium. We want to carry-on with our lives, progressing at the same momentum. Denial is something we used to cope with our failures and weaknesses.
It is a growing process. We grow in transparence with our own selves. The more we grow in transparency, we more we are able to overcome our weaknesses. Ignoring them doesn’t mean we can eventually avoid them. As Alan Saporta said, “The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.”
Confession is admitting our sins. Before we can truly confess our sins to God, we have to sincerely admit them to our own selves.
It's good to highlight here that self-condemnation is another diversion, apart from denial, from our attending to the sinful part of us.
In any case, Don’t Give Up!
When we have sinned, we cannot just move-on to avoid the guilt. It could be a habitual avoidance. Therefore, we need to look at the part of us that sinned, and pay attention to it. Only then, will there be a recovery.
The truth is that when we face-up to it, there will be no guilt. It is an irony.
Repentance calls for the addressing and confronting the part of us that sinned. It is not about putting condemnation upon ourselves.
But we grow, even in the area of repentance. Facing-up to our sin takes a growing process. When dealing with their sins, many people started-off having difficulty in facing-up to that unpleasant part in their lives. We try to forget it, hoping that somehow it won’t affect us to the point of us being unable to carry-on normally. We have the fear of losing our equibelirium. We want to carry-on with our lives, progressing at the same momentum. Denial is something we used to cope with our failures and weaknesses.
It is a growing process. We grow in transparence with our own selves. The more we grow in transparency, we more we are able to overcome our weaknesses. Ignoring them doesn’t mean we can eventually avoid them. As Alan Saporta said, “The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.”
Confession is admitting our sins. Before we can truly confess our sins to God, we have to sincerely admit them to our own selves.
It's good to highlight here that self-condemnation is another diversion, apart from denial, from our attending to the sinful part of us.
In any case, Don’t Give Up!