The Bondage of Guilt and Condemnation

During the Mother’s day service at my church, two teenage girls stood up to be counted with the rest of the moms. We live in a small, rural community with only 5 teenage girls in attendance already, and I would imagine there was a lot of judgment going around. I would also imagine the girls were feeling a lot of guilt and condemnation. Does it end there? With judgment and guilt? Where will that take them and us?

Can You Handle Being Wrong?

In theory, it is easy to accept that we will be wrong at some point. We are human, fallen, sinful. Some time in our lives we will say the wrong thing, do something wrong, be mistaken. Admitting that we are wrong, however, is much more difficult. Some people have an easier time than others, but I don’t think it is easy for anyone. Whether it is apologizing for something we did or said, or acknowledging that we were wrong about something, it can be extremely difficult. Yet it is also necessary.