Sorrow

"Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death." 2 Corinthians 7:10
I was doing my quiet time last night and this verse kind of just popped up and slapped me in the face. For those who are like me and "enjoy" beating themselves up for every little thing they do wrong, I honestly feel like this verse is for you...us.

We, as humans, are sinful and imperfect. We will definitely mess up (a trillion bajillion quadruple millions of times...maybe even more) and feeling guilty about your mess up is totally ok. Its ok to feel grief but what makes this grief not ok is when you let it linger and control you. When we mess up, God doesn't want us to look at ourselves in the mirror and hate on ourselves for what we've done wrong. He wants us to turn to him, apologize, change for the better and let go. Letting go as in not letting it affect you anymore and also turning away from the thing that caused you to sin in the first place. (Letting go is part of forgiveness; whether its forgiving others or ourselves) Jesus already paid the price for our sins, we don't have to go around punishing ourselves and its not healthy to do so either.

Suffering exists and yea it does suck when it happens but it doesn't have to be a bad thing.