St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, Epc

Because we cannot help but sin and do harm to God, to others, and to ourselves we must traffic in the currency of guilt and forgiveness. I confess, I have been around people who are almost incapable of admitting they are wrong. I know people for whom it is almost impossible for them to simply say, “I am sorry.” On the other hand, I know people who, God forbid, you do sin against because they will remind you of it for the next 20 years. I have been around people who catalog every offense and injury and refuse to grant absolution even when you are in sack cloth and ashes. I don’t know about you but I try to avoid people like this. I am simply not good enough!Guilt is a "merciful pain in the heart.” Merciful - because guilt works on the heart like pain does on the body. We need pain to alert us that if we keep using that skill saw on our finger it will be removed. Pain is elemental, it reacts and with good reason, it mercifully protects our bodies from further and future harm. Guilt works like this on our hearts