Wednesday, January 30, 2013

The Weight of Guilt

**Sit quietly, eyes closed, for one minute before reading.**

    How is guilt holding you down? Is there something weighing on your heart that is secret, hidden? I am talking true guilt. Guilt of something you have done ultimately against God, not guilt that someone has made you unnecessarily feel or maybe you have made yourself feel.
    To bring what is dark to the light can have overwhelmingly positive consequences and freedoms yet there is real battle and challenge to move from darkness to light.
    Take time and consider the weighty areas of your heart. Ask God to give you the strength to be honest with yourself and with Him. Let go and let Him graciously work.
    Is there something you need to confess? Talk to God, share this with a good friend and in the right time and seek forgiveness from the one(s) you have offended. Trust God in the midst of it all. Let freedom from the weight of guilt come.

Have more than two minutes?: These thoughts came from reading Genesis 37-45. If you have more than two minutes, go read the story of Joseph and consider what might have been going on in his brothers’ minds in chapter 45.

**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you.**

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