Repentance is cold and no one likes it. It get's really old and it seems like a habit to some. I think only people like nuns and monks actually like it. No one likes to own up to their faults and problems. Am I right? I am pretty close at least. However. To those who share these super duper sucky traits I have bad news.
Repentance is a must.
It's true. Without repentance we would be nowhere with God. We would be in the endless circles of sin, shame, guilt, and hatred. Without repentance I think most everyone would kill themselves. Tragic.
Honestly... Who likes admitting they did something wrong? I think the only person that would like it is Jesus. But He never did anything wrong and is perfectly blameless. So He's excluded. No one likes admitting they cheated on a test or saying they ate all the cookies.
I think the number uno thing we people of Jesus need to repent of is... Drum roll por favor.
Bitterness.
That dreaded, lots of letters, word that everyone can associate themselves with.
First off we shouldn't be bitter. Jesus died a long time ago so we wouldn't have to be bitter with anything.
Dos. We are purchased, therefor we are not our masters. As stated in previous sentence. Jesus was beaten, bruised, and crushed so we wouldn't have to be bitter. Yet... We still are.
Three. The only bitterness we have is created by the one and only, you an I. You wouldn't have that tummy ache to complain about if you didn't eat all the cookies in the first place. We are bitter because we associate our misery with something that is joyful and good. For example: Mega Max was bitter because his ex girlfriend(from three years ago ),Super Susie got married to Dumb Dan and has eight kids and is living happily ever after.
We are also bitter because things we cherish and adore and put over top of Jesus get taken away from us.If it weren't for the fact that we think about ourselves we wouldn't have any problems at all. Yes. I know full well how pickled you are about getting grounded because you forgot to take out the trash. But do you really need an Xbox to keep you alive? Yeah. There are those kids in Japan who probably invented the Xbox that now have no place to stay because something took their homes away from them. Get it now?
Bitterness likes us. But we shouldn't invite it in.
Jesus doesn't like bitterness.
I don't either.
Would cookies taste good if they were bitter? Not at all.
UNLESS YOU HAVE REALLY SWEET MILK!
I have chunks of ham stuck between my teeth because I just ate a ham sandwhich...
At uno in the morning....
ALSO. Notice the few Spanish words I added into my writing.
My sister is a legit Spanish teacher and she's unfortunately teaching me.
I think it might be working.
Maybe.
Possibly.
Not at all.
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