Guilt

I am learning more and more how much I need to lean on God and trust in His faithfulness and provision.  I am constantly being made aware of my inadequacies and shortcomings, but He continues to enter in and remind me of how He sees me.  I am loved.  I am beautiful.  I am HIS. 

Last night was a perfect example of one of the many ways God speaks to me and reveals His truths to my heart.

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Lately, my big struggle has been guilt.  Guilt ranging from the lie I told when I was 6 years old, to the mean comment I made to my sister yesterday.  Constant whispers of shame mingled with frustration kept me up late into the night. Try as I might, I couldn't find peace.

 I turned to Psalm 103.  How fitting verse 12 was!

As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. 

Psalm 103:12

Upon reading this verse, I felt immediate peace.  I felt my guilt shrink in my chest.  I read the verse again and again.  After a few minutes I was able to sleep peacefully and while guilt still occasionally threatens me, I have found the truth and Satan's lies will no longer control me.