Thought for today - 02/06/2014

RECEIVING GOD'S FORGIVENESS 
"I don't like having my weakness exposed. I find it hard to look squarely into my heart, to have my self-illusions punctured. Perhaps by slowing down and allowing myself to feel the pain, not to wallow in it, I will be given the grace to recognize what led to my failure. Maybe God will give me not only his forgiveness but the kind of self-understanding that will help me break out of the habits and patterns that lead to sin. Perhaps receiving God's forgiveness, like extending it, is for most of us a process rather than an event." 
- from The Tender Words of God by Ann Spangler