Devotion

I am not sorry that I sent that severe letter to you, though I was sorry at first, for I know it was painful to you for a little while. Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to repent and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants his people to have, …

A Good Sorry
Catherine told her five children when they were growing up that should they ever decide they didn’t want to live the way they knew God expected them to live in order to have a fruitful life, she wouldn’t be joining them. Sure enough, when they became adults, her children veered off the path they were raised to follow and ventured to live life on their own terms. It hurt Catherine’s heart, but she could not enable them in their decisions. They saw how she was doing well while they were having one trouble after another. It took some time, but – one by one - Catherine’s children eventually turned back on the path they knew they needed to be one. They were sorrier for turning away from God than they were for all the difficulties they experienced. Have you or someone you know gone through a similar situation of watching someone try to do things apart from God only to turn to you for help but you knew your help wouldn’t really be helpful for the matter? It is tough, but it’s worth letting the ones you love reach that place of feeling a good sorry so they can realize for themselves the change they need to make in order to live life with God ordering their steps.