Have you ever felt guilty about something?

Question

I mean seriously guilty! Tell me the whole story. I just wanna know that there's people out there that have felt as bad as I do now!

Answer 1

Honey, I have felt guilty about everything. Guilt is not a good thing. Admitting a mistake is one thing, but overcoming the guilt and finding redemption ... that is the divine message of grace. The good news is that your past does not have to haunt you for the rest of your life. A lesson learned is just a bridge that is burned. Read Romans 8 - God does not condemn you. It is satan who is codemning you - evil wants you to feel like you have been defeated by your mistakes.

Great stories abound of the most evil of all men finding redemption. It can happen. A great story on redemption is Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo. You can read the book. There is a movie with Liam Neeson that is a very good adaptation. The Broadway musical is stunning. I weep every time I see the musical ... the story reaches across the centuries to all ages. You are redeemed. Now your job is to find it.

I tell my children that God always gives you another chance. I don't care what you have done, I tell them, you are always my child and you will always have another chance with me. Even if your mistake was predictable and you are just suffering the consequences of your own actions, you still have my love. I learned that from watching how God has treated me.

If you are going to make a mistake, make it a whopper. Learn from it. You will have a fuller measure of God's grace if you can learn to accept it.

Answer 2

I've been extremely fortunate in my life! At a very early age I learned values and the differences between right and wrong, I have morals and ethics and know how they are a part of my life and everything which is part of it.

Since very early childhood I've been aware of actions and reactions... I do my best to make decisions which will not leed to guilt! I think before I act. Some things in life one has to choose between bad and worse.... you'll have some type of guilt either way, that's unaviodable! But knowingly/willingly is another thing all together! Whatever the issue is, try your best to correct it, fess up to it and take your lumps for it! Then LEARN from it so it doesn't happen again. And make it a point to keep such things to a minimum in the future.

Don't be too hard on yourself either though! Its not the end of the world (this time)..... Focus on the positive aspects and just be "aware".

Answer 3

I lied on a witness stand one time. Due to the nature and notability of the trial, I'm not able to divulge any pertinate information. However, this I can tell you.
Once upon a time, there was this guy, we'll call him Ron. He lived in this place, we'll call it California, and he had this thing, lets call it a car for the sake of arguement. One night, Ron did something that some people did not like. Lets call these people, "The Police" for the sake of arguement. "The Police" knew that this guy, Ron, had done said act. The problem with me is that "The Police" knew that Ron had done it, but could not prove that Ron had done this wrong thing. I knew that Ron had done this bad thing, because I was very much in the wrong place at the wrong time. Before "The Police" could prove that Ron had done a bad thing, Ron told me that if I forgot about the bad thing, he would give me good things. Lets call these good things "Dollars". So basically, in exchange for me pretending Ron's bad thing never happened, he gave me a whole bunch of good things called "Dollars". Eventually everything worked out for everyone in the end. Except for those other people, "the Police".

-J.

Answer 4

I feel guilty about a lot of things. I think it just means that you know you did something wrong, and hurt someone, but that you now know you made a mistake.

Two years ago, I went out with a co-worker who had an abusive boyfriend, and they ended up breaking up. Ooops, wait, I don't feel guilty about that, bad example. I'll get back to you!!

Answer 5

Have we dated?

Answer 6

Leviticus 5:14-6:7 discusses "Guilt Offerings," which is when you feel guilty, whether you are or not, and this is supposed to soothe your guilty conscience. When Christ came, He replaced ALL of the offerings. Just accept His forgiveness and tell the guilt to leave. If you still feel it, rebuke it in the name of Jesus. Believe it is gone, that you don't feel it and, before too long, it will be. Just believe! Faith is the key.

Answer 7

I won't get into the whole story but I will tell you this...

Guilt is the result of a conscience. If you are feeling guilt for something you have done then good. How else would you refrain from repeating that action.

Forgive yourself and try to mend what you may have harmed.

Guilt is a good thing.

Answer 8

So you want company to be sad with.

If you change your culture, you won't feel guilty at all. If you don't feel guilty, you won't worry about punishment.

Some women sleep with all & sundry without any iota of guilt! They are blessed people.

The conflict arises when what you are & what you want to be are opposed to each other.

It is after all, all our own making. There is no Celectial or divine Law. All are man-made mischieves & women-made stupidities!

Feel free & do whatever pleases you.

Let the world worry about what you do!

Sorry for a serious dosage of advice but I hope it will help you to regain your mental & dispositional equlibrium!

Peace unto You!

Answer 9

Yes. Use it as a learning tool.

Write it down in a journal, give yourself a break and look at it later with some rest.

I went through a period where I was learning about my relationship with God. I said some things that were not pretty. I felt bad about.

I learned that God does not expect me to be perfect. I am perfectly imperfect, but God cannot help me if I am not honest and do not listen.

Answer 10

Everyone somewhere and time in their lives will have or have had regrets in not doing what was right. It really begins to eat at our inner being, especially our minds. Why? because this is the devil's playground. Guilt is simply the emotion of wishing you could have responded in a more positive way. It's condemnation which comes from the devil. The Bible says, there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. Guilt is condemnation that comes from the devil which Christ has set us free. Conviction: God shows us our faults, asks us to turn from them or make amends to who you may have harmed. He then promises to place those sins into the sea of forgetfulness, never to remember them again. God has forgiven you. Now you have to forgive yourself. Forgiveness is a choice. God makes you whole again. It is the devil and yourself that keeps reminding you of your past. Old things are past away, behold all things have become new. Trust God to deliver you from this guilt issue. You may write me if you wish.