God, how does your forgiveness work? I wish I could repent on my own and respond to your Holy Spirit’s voice in my heart. But do you honor our confession after we have been “caught” with our hand in the cookie jar? Is your forgiveness less merciful? Do you love us less? David didn’t confess his adultery and murder until Nathan the prophet confronted him. Peter didn’t confess his denial of Jesus until after Jesus caught his eye during the trial. Saul of Tarsus didn’t change his mind until he was blinded. How great is your love. I don’t understand your patience. We are made in this image but we certainly don’t have the mercy and forgiveness toward others as we want from you. So help me be more forgiving. Help me to repent before my life goes further down a path that I know I shouldn’t take. Is this what Paul is talking about when he said that we will never do what we really want to do and what we don’t want to do we find ourselves doing? If Paul had this struggle with repentance and he heard your voice, I certainly need your forgiveness even more. Help me to believe in my victory through Jesus.
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