WHEN GUILT IS POSITIVE

WHEN GUILT IS POSITIVE


ALMOST always GUILT is unhealthy
And PRODUCES an adverse effect
On our SPIRITUAL GROWTH


It CRUSHES us with a
Totally FALSE BELIEF of
Our unworthiness and SHAME


However=sometimes guilt can
Become BENEFICIAL by moving us=
Towards a NECESARRY CONTRITION


“My sacrifice=O GOD=
Is a CONTRITE SPIRIT” Psalm 51:19


Guilt can be HEALTHY=
IF when we make a mistake=
We ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY
For our actions


And sometimes this PROMPTS US
To make an apology=
Make amends=and DEVELOP HUMILITY


Guild can be POSITIVE
If we accept
RESPONSIBILITY for our actions
And we set off
In ANOTHER DIRECTION


Let us be CONTRITE
Let us ACCEPT responsibility
When we have done wrong


“The Levites
Are to be RESPONSIBLE


For the care
Of the tabernacle
Of the covenant law” Numbers 1:53


“Brothers and sisters=
Each person
As RESPONSIBLE to God


Should REMAIN in
The situation
They were in
WHEN God called them” 1 Corinthians 7:24


Dear FRIENDS=
Guilt can be HEALTHY
And be a POSITIVE LESSON
In our lives


If we are of CONTRITE SPIRIT
For our misdeeds


It can LEAD us
To a NEW DIRECTION


“My sacrifice=O GOD
Is a broken spirit


A broken and CONTRITE HEART
You=GOD=will NOT despise” Psalm 51:17


“For this is
What the high and exalted
ONE says--------


He who lives FOREVER
Whose name is holy=


'I live in a high
And holy place
But also with the one
Who is CONTRITE
And lowly in spirit


To REVIVE the SPIRIT
Of the lowly
And to REVIVE the heart
Of the CONTRITE'” Isaiah 57:15


Dear friends=CONTRARY to
What many BELIEVE
Guilt is NOT ALWAYS
A negative response
To wayward behavior


Guilt can BE POSITIVE
If we USE it
That way


With a CONTRITE HEART
And APPLY it to lessons LEARNED


In the NAMES of Jesus and HIS almighty LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
8-17-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.