Wednesday’s Word

guilt·less

Free from guilt…innocent

Welcome to Coffee Hour @ Chicklit Power and Wednesday’s Word with Trench Classes United.

Oh, how happy is a heart free from guilt! I shared with you on Tuesday about holding a grudge against someone, how my heart and mind have been busy with resentment and disillusionment, bitterness all because of one person!

Looking back on it now, though it’s still fresh, I am saddened by how much power I have given them, how much space in my head they occupied…and all without paying any rent! J  

Now, I am able to convert all of those negative emotions into a more positive one: righteous anger, which has caused me to be in prayer for this person, to see him as a wounded soul whom our Father still loves. In other words, I am no longer allowing his guilt to make me guilty!

The word guilt, and all its forms, is in the Bible 20 times while the word shame, and all its forms, is mentioned over a hundred times! It stands to reason that the bigger problem is shame, most often a result of unresolved guilt.

Come with me back to the Garden of Eden, where the first act was committed that brought guilt…just for a moment.

In Genesis 2:25, just after God created woman from Adam, and He explains His intent for relationship – a whole other blog, but let’s stay on track – the Word says that they were both “naked.”

Stay with me here!

That word in that context translates to “no shame,” and in this context for this translation, it is further defined as no fear physically, emotionally or spiritually!

Isn’t that beautiful?

Is someone else’s guilt making you guilty…of bitterness, resentment, anguish? Perhaps it is time you become emotionally and/or spiritually fearless, naked with God and allow Him to make you guiltless!

Love,

Evinda