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Post by CAT on Apr 8, 2014 20:37:05 GMT -5
When I was a new driver I damaged my parents' car and feigned ignorance. I have received God's forgiveness. Do you think there is any point in bringing up this long forgotten event and confessing this to them 20 something years after the fact? I feel like the Holy Spirit *might* be telling me to do it. It would be really awkward but I do want to be obedient to the Holy Spirit's prompting (if that's what it is). Thoughts?
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Post by buildthefarm on Apr 8, 2014 20:45:00 GMT -5
i have 2 thoughts. first its a simple thing with no real consequence if you're wrong so may as well. its not like you punching a tumor to heal it lol. if you hear that one wrong it may cause damage but if you hear wrong on 'tell the truth' you still ended up telling the truth so your good either way. and the other is that generally by the time you grown those things are not the issue they would have once been. they probably already know and if not they are long since over it. it may just be a Holy Spirit character building exercise, i don't think there any reason not to just go with it
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Post by wave on Apr 17, 2014 13:17:40 GMT -5
CAT - if it bothers you that you didn't tell them then perhaps its time to do so. Its never too late to tell the truth. We covered something like this recently in a class that I was taking last fall. It was more along the lines of making amends for something we did wrong. I think its always good to tell the truth no matter what. If something happened to them and suddenly they were gone, would you feel guilty that you didn't tell them ? If you answer "yes" then I think you need to tell them what happened.
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Post by warrior on Apr 18, 2014 15:55:25 GMT -5
Do not quench the Holy Spirit. Perhaps your parents need to forgive you.
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Post by firesteel on Apr 23, 2014 3:28:55 GMT -5
the other day while i was waiting on the Lord the holy spirit convicted me also of a sin i committed a long time ago, probably over 10 years ago me & my husband took a small chainsaw to a hock shop & got some money for it (maybe $50 or $60?), but we sinned in taking it there, because we knew the motor was seized up & we couldnt start it.
we justified our actions, we judged the type of people who run pawn shops knowing how they take advantage of poor people & addicts & decided they deserved it.
God have mercy on us!
i feel led to confess & compensate the shop if its still there, i told my husband i think we need to go there & repent but he shrugged it off but i fear God & want to make it right, so even though its a long way to travel & i might have to go alone, as well as fitting it into the budget, im praying for help in doing so because it wont be easy.
please pray for me & my husband too, that we repent before its too late!
maybe i can go tomorrow!
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Post by CAT on May 6, 2014 19:15:36 GMT -5
Ugh. I still have not taken care of this. And there is actually more to the story...  This incident was bugging me (before I created this thread) and I couldn't decide if it was the Holy Spirit guiding me or the evil one condemning me. So I told God that if I saw a blue truck within a week I would confess. Well, that same day, on the way to church, I kept my eyes closed most of the time 'cause I didn't want to see a blue truck lol. Once I peeked out the window and what was right next to our car? A blue truck. As I was reeling in shock, another blue truck passed by us as if for confirmation.  Oh good grief! I just went to biblegateway.com to look up the verse abt not being slow to fulfill your vow to God and there was a 'verse of the day': "...confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed..." Wahhhh! I don't want to do this. Somebody give me a kick in the be-hind! |
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Post by James on May 7, 2014 1:05:33 GMT -5
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Post by CAT on May 7, 2014 1:07:52 GMT -5
Thank you!! I consider myself kicked!
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Post by Saltandlight007 on May 7, 2014 3:36:43 GMT -5
LOL. Perhaps they won't react nearly as badly as you imagine. Fear can tend to make us imagine the very worst. Who knows.
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Post by CAT on May 7, 2014 4:58:56 GMT -5
I'm not exactly worried about their reaction. It's just humiliating, awkward, embarrassing, weird.  I'm gonna do it! Really, I am! Maybe.... tomorrow?  |
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Post by Saltandlight007 on May 7, 2014 5:15:42 GMT -5
So, perhaps I should have said 'maybe telling them won't be as difficult as you imagine' or maybe God will stretch you / your character in getting you to do something which feels uncomfortable (in addition to it seeming like the right thing to do anyway) - which can only be a good thing in the long run, right?
Keep us updated CAT. I look forward to hearing how the saga ends 
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Post by James on May 7, 2014 9:34:19 GMT -5
If one of my sons came to me and confessed something like that to me I might be initially surprised .. but then impressed with his character... his honesty and humility ... and proud of the young man he had become.
I'd also feel honored that our relationship meant so much to him.
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Post by warrior on May 7, 2014 15:27:43 GMT -5
Recently Joe's friend's Dad rang up to say he had seen a snap chat of Joshy driving his car in a car park. I called them and they denied it. Later they explained it was someone else's car. A few days later I called back Joshy's dad and explained the misunderstanding. When I saw Joe I told him at which point he started sobbing and told me that it was eating him away that he had lied. I gave him a hug, told him he was forgiven and blessed him. So yes James is right. Absolutely spot on.
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Post by CAT on May 7, 2014 15:39:04 GMT -5
Thank you all. Love you guys.
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Post by CAT on May 9, 2014 3:41:50 GMT -5
Email has been sent. (I wasn't about to do it via Skype! lol!)
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