One of the most powerful gifts you are born
with is a conscience. It can show you the difference between
right and wrong and prompt you to do the right thing. However,
all of us sometimes choose the wrong thing, and then guilt
moves in and takes over our lives.
Some things people may feel guilty about include:
Arriving late to work or a gathering
Watching others suffer while you live comfortably
Over-eating or over-spending
Saying something hurtful or spilling a secret that
was confidential
Forgetting to thank someone for a kind act or gift
The reasons for guilt and its effects on our lives are
endless. Guilt attacks our minds, causing us to see ourselves
as inferior, worthless or evil. It robs us of joy because
it dwells in our hearts and minds every minute of the day,
weighing us down and suffocating us.
What if you are burdened with "false" guilt -
guilt that is unnecessary and uncalled for? Many people
who were directly affected by the attacks in New York and
Washington D.C. may be dealing with false guilt.
Members of the United States government and airlines
might feel it is their fault that the terrorists broke
through security and hijacked the planes.
Security officers in the World Trade Center may be
beating themselves up for reassuring employees that
everything was under control and sending them back to
their offices.
A wife or husband may be tortured by angry words spoken
as a spouse left for work on that nightmare day.
When tragedy strikes, we feel that someone must be responsible,
someone must pay. Even when another person is at fault -
like in the terrorist attacks - we often still feel responsible
for the death of our loved ones. We may even feel that "if
only" we could go back and do things differently...but
that is impossible! Professional counseling and advice from
friends can help, but talking about it won't take away the
guilt. So how can you be permanently released from the prison
of guilt?
Only God can sign your release from prison. God's son,
Jesus, paid for your shame and guilt when he suffered and
died on the cross and rose again to join his father in heaven.
Your debt has been erased.
"We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has
turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on [Jesus]
the iniquity (guilt) of us all" (Isaiah 53:6). Jesus
died to make right everything that causes you guilt. You
have gone astray, but he brings you back where you are meant
to be.
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