Repenting isn’t fun.
After all, who thinks apologizing to God is a happy time?
But everybody sins.
And that means that everybody should repent before God for doing what we shouldn’t have.
Hopefully, as we mature in faith, our repentance becomes less frequent because our sin becomes less frequent.
Like you, I’ve found that it’s much more pleasant to sin/repent much less often.
You have your list of recurring sins just as I have mine.
Thank God that He is gracious and leaves opportunity for us to repent our way toward restoration of intimacy with Him.
Let’s reject Satan’s lie that repentance is an unreasonable demand of a cloud-based control freak.
Let’s remember that Satan refused to repent and was condemned to eternal suffering as a result.
Acknowledging our failure and our need for restoration through God’s mercy and Christ’s blood is a pain but without it, we won’t experience the gain of peace with our Father who was previously pained by our choice to ignore Him.
Here’s what repeatedly repentant King Solomon wrote about repentance in Proverbs 14:9…
“Fools make fun of guilt, but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation.”
Peace with God is always awaiting us on the other side of repentance.
When you sin — and we all do — please run down the path of reconciliation.
God will always welcome and restore a repentant heart.
As always, I love you
Martin
