Everyone makes mistakes, while some people make lots of mistakes. Fortunately, we can learn from our failure. Our failures help us confront the difficulties and weakness in our lives with cold, harsh, truth. Lesson borne from difficult often stick with us.
When we backslide and sin, God is faithful and will rebuke us. This probably will not be a fun experience, but it does show God's love for us. Thomas Watson writes, "God shows mercy in correcting us. He is angry-in love... His rod is not a a rod of iron to break us-but fatherly rod to humble us. '[God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.]' (Heb. 12:10)."
We do not often associate mercy with correction. We usually associate correction with judgment. Mercy, however, is about ending suffering, and God wants our suffering to end. The fact of the matter is, when we sin, we suffer. There is a direct correlation to sin and suffering. Sin always hurts someone, which is why God hates sin so much.
God is infinite and perfect; He really does know what is best for us. We may not always like accepting this as a fact. We fight and resist Him, but God does not give up on us. He wrestles with us through our problems. Every relationship will have its share of difficulties. We can choose to ignore these difficulties and let the relationship suffer, or we can confront the issue. The strongest relationships is life are not the ones without conflict, but the ones that overcome conflict.
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