Confession

MERCIFUL GOD,
I'm feeling guilty and my conscience is showing me that it's time to confess my wrongdoing. I know you are prompting me to seek forgiveness. I'm sorry for the wrong I've done. I am so grateful that you don't shut me out when I have sinned. Even my sin can be an opportunity for you to pursue me and call me back to your righteous path. Thank you, God, for removing my guilt, restoring my joy, and healing my broken soul.

***People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy. PROVERBS 28:13 ***

Confession can sometimes feel like being pulled up from under water and finally breathing air. Guilt can feel like a weight that keeps growing as time counts on. Every second can feel like another ounce that you have to carry. Its not until we seek forgiveness from The Lord that we can take that all relieving breath above the surface.
I can remember one time when I felt so overwhelmed with guilt that it was like I was drowning. I had confessed to the Lord that I felt guilty and the main cause for the difficult situation at hand. No matter how much I prayed and spent time with Him it just didnt seem like I had done enough to seek and receive forgiveness from Him. It wasn't until the middle of the night while lying awake with an anxious heart and running mind, that I realized The Lord had forgiven me but I was forgetting to seek the forgiveness from another. My husband. During the days of anxiety and crying and broken hearted emotions I had wronged him in not seeking his counsel and prayer over me. I shook him away and confessed my feelings and asked for forgiveness from him. That had to be the best nights sleep I have ever had, knowing that I had been forgiven by My King and My Husband.

Forgiveness comes to the one who seeks confession.-T