It just dawned on me that the purpose of confession is to take responsibility for your actions and inaction. Growing up Roman Catholic I hated confession as I perceived the confessional as a place to hand the priest my litany of sins to use as ammunition in judging me.
The important part is acknowledging to yourself the sin; much like alcoholics must first acknowledge they are alcoholics. We cannot grow if we do not take responsibility for our shortcomings, all of them. The more shortcomings we acknowledge the better we grow. Those that we do not see or refuse to acknowledge hold us back.
In order to grow we must continue to ask questions and study. Only in that way can we discover what we do not know. But be forewarned "The more I learn, the less I know".
No comments:
Post a Comment