I am sitting at my kitchen table crying. Not the crying of something sad. The type of crying that shatters your soul.
I reach out to you because you are anons. You don’t know me, and most likely never will.
The Great Awakening has not only opened my eyes to the utter evils that humankind has endured for thousands of generations, but it has also opened my eyes to the evil of SELF.
I am going through some serious self reflection. On the outside I appear like I should. On the inside….
Are my sins. My sins of thoughts, actions, lying, cheating. Always thinking I am a good person, but I’m not.
I stole 50 cent pieces from my dad’s dresser and rode my bike to the candy store when I was young. I stole a caramel from the grocery store when I was 4. I ripped tulips out of someone’s garden so I could give them to my mom. I rode on the back of a motorcycle at 15 going so fast I thought “what if I were to die right now?” Found out later the driver was drunk. My mom called the police when she found out I was on the bike. (They picked me up)
I lost my virginity at 18 to a narcissist and it has been downhill personally ever since. I gave myself to him because I thought we would be married. We weren’t.
I married a broken man because broken men made me feel better about myself. If I loved them enough, cooked beautiful meals for them, strive to be perfect, they would become whole.
I start something. I get excited and if I screw up or something else captures my attention, I quit. My intentions are always pure, but the self loathing I feel not fulfilling my intentions is gross.
I don’t even know who I really am. A full blown sinner I can tell you that much. I imagine Christ next to me. Sitting with me now. Forgiving me. Having mercy on me. I don’t feel it.
There is more I could tell you. My skeletons. I have too much shame to even say to you.
Maybe this is true repentance. The crumbling of ego.
I am sorry for everything I have done that wasn’t good and whole. So very sorry.
Cry. Repent. Then let it go.
Everyone is flawed.
To recognize your faults is to be reborn.
This is great advise. Yea, you've done some wild things in your past, let them stay in the past. Our memories revive these feelings but have heart that God made you with the ability to make choices. Those choices are what make the memories. God gave us His Son to take away the sins we will be making in the future, so know our Father already knows how you feel about your past actions. Do not dwell on those memories for all they do is bring up a bad spirit, which is controlled by Satan. God loves us, wants us to be the best we can become, and He certainly does not want us mired in Satans memory games. Learn from the mistakes in you past so you won't repeat them in the future. That is what life is all about. Plus stealing fifty cents from your father isn't gonna keep you out of Heaven. Turning you back on God might, though. Just keep living your life and don't get to mired in the past. God bless, fren.
Awesome post