I have certain sins that I may commit over and over and even when I know I shouldn't be doing these things and ask for forgiveness I still make the decision to commit that sin again. This can be a difficult situation especially for me I've found because I feel like God is disappointed in me when I make the same mistakes over and over. Something that I have found even though I still struggle with this at times is my gratitude for how forgiving God is and how he has given us the ability to ask for forgiveness and be made new. Sometimes when we get into these situations after we have committed a sin, we feel shame and don't want to go to God with it because we feel like we have let him down. Something that I have to remind myself when I feel shame in these situations is that God already knows the decisions we make before we make them, and he knows our feelings and absolutely everything surrounding the situation so when we try to hide because of shame were not really accomplishing anything. God would rather us go to him with our shame and struggles and ask for forgiveness and give that to us rather than have us carrying that with us, he wants nothing more than the best for us so obviously he doesn't want us carrying any kind of burdens with us. It's so easy to want to run away from situations, struggles and other things but sometimes all that it takes is just giving it to Christ. The past month or so I have been carrying so much and it has resulted in my anxiety acting up again and getting into a rough place mentally but the other day I finally just sat down and started reading my Bible and I instantly felt relief. He has taken my anxiety from my before and I claim that he has done that again and I no longer have to carry that weight and heaviness. Although it was hard for me to just sit down in his presence and start talking to Christ once I did, I didn't understand why I was so scared of letting it go. Letting our situations out of our own control can seem scary because we want to try to fix it on our own but over and over, I am shown that the only solution is giving it to Christ and letting him work it out. What I wanted to get at with this blog post is really just that God is so forgiving, and you can make the same mistakes over and over and he will still have the same grace, understanding and forgiveness. Sin was brought into this world, and we were lucky enough to be given the opportunity for that to be taken away by Christ dying for us. He took all of our sins with him on the cross that day and gave us the greatest gift of asking for redemption and being made new. Shame can be overwhelming in situations but the more you practice going to God and asking for forgiveness and the strength to push past a repeating sin the easier it will become. My little challenge for you in this blog is to start small and see how it changes things for you. If you make a mistake, take it to Christ right away and thank him for forgiveness and the strength to not make that mistake again and see how you bring awareness to that and how he turns that around for you. Making small changes is ok and good sometimes that all it takes to continue to grow in your relationship with Christ and that is such a big step! I am so grateful for God's forgiveness and taking away the feelings of shame.
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