We all make mistakes, but that might not make you feel any better when you do something wrong. When you mess up, you can experience a temptation to shut down. You might want to close your heart since it hurts to much.

Nobody likes admitting their mistakes. Nobody enjoys feeling pain. But if you open your heart and hurt to God, his love will restore you.

Do not be afraid. Trust in the goodness of God!

“Come now, let us settle the matter,”
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.

Isaiah 1:18

My mess. God’s love.

O merciful Lord,

I wonder sometimes,

What makes me mess up?

What makes me do the things I don’t want to do?

I slip up, I say the wrong thing, I do myself wrong.

Why Lord? Why does this happen to me?

I feel so foolish sometimes.

Then I hurt others. And I hurt myself.

An empty sore space opens in my heart.

If anything good comes from my mistake, it must come from you.

Maybe my ego’s too big. Or maybe I’m not paying attention. Maybe I’m not listening to you when you tell me, “You don’t have to prove anything to me. I love you, my child. ”

So I give up my hurt and shame to you, O Lord.

You are my only hope here.

Enter that empty sore space in my heart.

Cleanse my wounds, heal my hurt.

I let my guard down. I lay aside my pride.

Come, Spirit of God, do your good work in me.

May I be humbled by your love.

May God’s goodness set me free.