Once in that place we either wallow in the shame of our past sins or justify and pamper a sense of self-pity for the wrongs done to us. By these kinds of snares the old enemy hopes to lead us into by-path-meadows a place where we think we will find comfort, but rather than ease this is the sure path to doubting castle (Pilgrim’s Progress reference). Then physical, emotional, mental, sensual, and many other kinds of internal triggers can send us down a road where those old sins are likely to be revisited and nursed by us. The world allures us and our own minds seem to conspire against us. The old man remaining with us can fall prey to those sins we crucified long ago. However, remain alert, because past sins long forgiven can and will from time to time haunt or revisit the soul causing us personal times of blight and trouble robbing us of the peace and rest given by Christ and His Holy Spirit. I truly hope and pray you will by the grace of Christ forgive and leave behind past offenses done to you or by you. In this note no specifics are mentioned and yet the counsel needed is not uncommon, so I trust it will by God’s good grace be useful to all who read it here – 4:26 ESV) A good deal of pastoral counseling is done in our sermons, other counsel is given in our weekly and daily interactions or in the communion of saints, and quite a bit is still given by letter writing or email as was the case here below. Ponder the path of your feet then all your ways will be sure.
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