I'm sorry

One of the very commonest and frequently used terms - especially in our generation - where we were taught the beauty of apologizing and reinstating relationships. But it was extremely difficult for me to accept the fact that I have been on the wrong side. The present generation finds it even more difficult to admit that they have wronged.

The blame is not on any one of us, nor on the present generation. The difficult to say sorry is a combination of man's nature and the world's teaching. The pride in our hearts deter us from admitting, though we were clearly on the wrong side. Choosing to ignore is a better option or showing others that I've not agreed or I don't care. It's the easier and more comfortable option.

Achan had done something terribly wrong, when he disobeyed God and kept for himself a robe, 200 silver coins and a gold bar weighing about a pound - things which he revelled from Jericho.

When specifically pointed out - tribe by tribe, clan by clan, family by family and person by person, he finally admits it.

Josh:7:13b

You remove these things from among you.

Just by words acknowledging you have done wrong is not what a genuine repentance means. True repentance comes through the act of returning back to the ways of God and renouncing it as well. It looks at the heart of God, how I have deserted His love and how I have disappointed God. It doesn't think of my punishment, nor does it think of the outcome.

When I think of my own self alone, I find it difficult to renounce the wrong act. but when I think of my God, I do whatever I can, to come back to His bosom.

2 Cor:7:10

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.