The Healing Balm for Our Guilty Consciences

Have you ever had one of those cringe-worthy flashbacks? Perhaps you were simply making yourself a sandwich, opened up the fridge to grab the mayo, and the sight of the water jug prompted a memory of an awful conversation you had with your mother last week. The guilt is so potent you cringe, and the heat of embarrassment and shame flushes over you from head to toe, despite the abundance of apologies you have given.

Maybe this one memory plunges you into a list of all the horrible things you’ve said in the past as you spread the mayo on your sandwich. Because of this, you spend the rest of the day sulking in guilt, wondering if you should ever risk speaking again.

Each of us knows the sickening feeling of guilt over our sins. It isn’t pleasant, and sometimes it comes unannounced. Yet, we also know it was by recognizing our smothering guilt that we confessed our sins and trusted in Christ for salvation. Is this guilty feeling good, even though it feels so bad? What do we do with our guilty consciences? What do we do when guilt feels stuck in our stomach and refuses to go away?

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