I have always been a people pleaser. The one who wanted to get the best grades. The one who wanted to make everyone happy and proud. But one of the many problems with being a people pleaser is when you screw up you feel guilty. Disproportionally guilty.
When I was little I very rarely remember my parents having to punish me, because I would send myself to my room - if I did something wrong. Even if I didn't really do anything wrong but just felt like I had.
Guilt when used correctly can be a prompting from the Holy Spirit to repent. But guilt used incorrectly, that disproportionate type of guilt or when we keep feeling guilty over and over again for something God has already forgiven us for - can actually hold us back on our faith walk. Hold us back from following the Holy Spirit.
Take time to assess your guilt. Is there something in your life you need to ask God's forgiveness for? Or are you feeling guilty in a way that is actually hold you back from God? For when God forgives us, we have true freedom. Freedom to follow wherever the Holy Spirit may lead.
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