Acknowledgement
Is there anything you have yet to acknowledge your part in?
Psalm 32:5, The Inclusive Bible
Finally I acknowledged my sin to you,
and stopped hiding my guilt. I said, “I confess my rebellion, YHWH,”
and you took away the guilt of my sin.
This scripture jumped out to me because it first requires us to acknowledge our sin and then confess.
I had a friend, a friend who I had known my whole life, and we had a big falling out. We didn’t talk for years and we missed big moments in each other's life - it was heavy. I felt her absence and with time I felt a deep conviction of the part I played.
After years, we began inching our way back together over email. Eventually, we had a phone call where we both owned our part and have been building the pieces back together ever since. It’s slow and hard work to rebuild.
I don’t think we would be doing the rebuilding work had I not taken the time to really process and acknowledge my part.
Is there anything you have yet to acknowledge your part in? Is there any sense of conviction bubbling up for you?