"Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance....For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation..." (2 Corinthians 7:9-10)
Grief that leads to change. This is a godly grief. In today's language, I think we might equate this with shame. And often shame gets a bad rap. But even shame has a purpose. Sometimes we make choices and do things that should cause us sorrow, grief, shame. And, this kind of suffering can serve a good purpose--it can cause us to turn, re-turn, repent.
Too often, we avoid reflecting on our actions and our daily lives because we want to avoid having to claim the regretful behavior we may have chosen. But reflecting on how we have lived is really a tool to help us realign ourselves. This reflection gives us the opportunity to consider how we might be more Christ-like in the next moment, the next opportunity, the next day.
Godly grief. A tool to practicing resurrection.
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