I returned home last night to my son in true tears and remorse. We have a rule in our home about electronic devices. In order to protect them, we are not allowed to take them outside of the house in order to protect them from the elements or being dropped. Well, you know when you set up a rule like that what will happen next, and it happened last night.
No sooner could I walk in the door and put down my bag was I greeted with by my son. His look was one of remorse and guilt. He quickly shared with me what had happened and how he dropped my iPad and cracked the glass. You would have thought that he lost his best friend, crying and all! It was a great conversation about taking responsibility.
God taught me a lot last night through this situation. You see, God spoke to me last night through my son. First of all, my son was not hiding from me. He was not trying to keep this accident from me. He was not going to just let me find out about it, but could not wait until I got home to tell me what he did. He wanted to tell me and confess to me what he did with regret.
How many time do I sin against my heavenly Father, my Abba Father, and try to "hide"from him when I sin against him. How many times do I just ignore a sin and go on with life thinking that my Father will not notice or recognize how I disobeyed Him. God knows everything and desires for me to come to him, like my son Mitchell did, with expectation and remorse, expressing to Him how sorry I am for going against what His will.
Secondly, my son was truly remorseful. He came up with his own discipline and actions to repair the situation. There was true repentance for what he had done...it was in his eyes and in his heart! He went to bed very sad. I had to express to him how proud I was of him for telling me all what happened and not keeping this from me, but it happened and we need to move past it. "Son, I forgive you and I love you" is what I told him. Let us deal with the consequence and move on!
WOW, again, confess my sins to my heavenly Father, learn from my mistakes to not make them again, and pick myself up and move on!
Thank you Mitchell for teaching me to be a better follower of God.
1 John 1:8-10
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.
