What do you do?

[Christofine]

We all stuff up, yes we do, and I like to remember the story of the Prodigal Son and hope I have dug myself deeper into Gods heart with my frequent need for

forgiveness.

As a Catholic I attend confession at these times.

For those that have not experienced this type of confession please let me explain.

Its not like the mocked confessional scenes from two ads that we have had here in Australia one where a priest sits drooling over a chocolate bar or another where he

is perspiring over a beautiful woman's lascivious description about an erotic weekend she spent at a resort.

Another popular misconception is that simply be the act of going to confession we are forgiven and this is not true. The priest listens to us but it is Jesus who hears and

forgiveness only comes if we are truly sorry in our hearts. A prayer or act of penance is given to help makes amends. Of course we can add to this to.

I have a book about the ten commandments which helps understand how our habits can lead to sin. I'll give an excerpt from the sixth commandment but I go through all of them before each confession. I examine my conscience for;

" sins in thought or desire; in looks: bad magazines, movies; in words: jokes, songs: in actions alone or with another ( man or woman ): immodest dress, self abuse, impure touches, fornication, adultery, and so on."

Not all Catholics have been taught to do this before confession and many don't go at all.

I am a very happy person and I have a fair few trials to contend with. So I must be doing somthing right.

God bless you all

Yours in Jesus

[Fraught]

i wasn't going to post after all the good answers you already got but i'll just add one very important thing. Expect to mess up, we all do but remember that "to those who love the Lord, all things work together for good" AND remember that not later, not next year, not when you're good enough but RIGHT NOW, you have the Mind of Christ. He lives in you to will and to work for His good pleasure. Amazing, huh?

[georgedrw81]

It might be that you dont have a positive thinking about God and Jesus.One starts with small things and builds up to large ones.Mistakes then decrease at an incredible rate and the ones which are still done are realised very quickly.

All it takes is a thank you and a praise to God and Jesus and you are on your way to a mistake-less life.

Blessings

[Guest]

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Psalms 119:11

[desi2007]

pray for patience

[Fez]

Fall flat on your face do you? You should see my nose! It's a regular occurence with me I pick myself up, pray for help and forgiveness, and carry on. What else is a person to do?

We are only human, and I just know that there is going to come the next time, and the next.

My only defense is to try and not trip over the same thing twice. Mostly this happens when I am not holding His hand. I let go and run off at a tangent, and then trip. But He picks me up as soon as I put my hand out, and we continue my walk of discovery.

[damo1]

heard of the term be your self dont worry what other people are thinking you are humen heck i even tell the young christians i am asked to mentor i am going to let you down i want you to be your self when you are with me dont be afraid to let the real you come out i would rather see you as a real person then having to deal with a perfectionist

pastors today are told they cant be them selves guess what the ones i know are telling their sheep if they dont like a pastor that is not perfect go some wer else i have good mature men who are pastors around me my old church i just left my pastor use to torment me we wer going to a camp we booked out and this guy realy cracked me up we had a prophet visit the church she was told to come spend some time with my pastor my old pastor is an aborigonal elder in the community and does a lot of work with his people he rang me and said how do me and the assistant pastor behave in front of a prophet who was told to come spend some time with us i need your advice i cracked up and said you have the answer what have you told me when i first came to the church and you took it over and the visiting prophet even told my pastor and assistant pastor just be your selves she had to tell a few jokes just so she could get them to relax and be them selves

when i make a mistake i learn from it and try not to worry what others are thinking heck it was hard coming back hear teling the members hear who new me that my wedding with my first fiance was over

i did not want to say anything

dont worry be happy remember that song get a russian blue expensive cats but they will poop on your house mates bed if you lock the laundry door and windows and accidently open his door feed it food that wil make the cat want to go to the toilet and take it to your room mates room and say this is were you are to do your buisness and show the cat the bed

damo1

[Massorite]

I'm curious. As we're all human, and thusly, all subject to ridiculous error and repeated mistakes...

I'm wondering, what is it that you all do to deal with that? It seems no matter how hard I try, I always fall flat on my face. Sometimes I'll go for weeks and months without any major 'issues', and then sometimes it seems I was meant to fall over! It just gets so frustrating... it's like living with a terrible roommate that doesn't respect your wishes and does the exact opposite of what you want. But I can't kick him out! I get tired of it... I want to be right with God at all times, you know? So I can better do the work He has for me... but when I'm busy scooping myself up after an error, I'm so useless to Him!

So what do I do? What do you do?

FYI I've been really disjointed from God recently, after some rough conversations with me Mormon pappy and best friend's guardian.

I used to be like you but I got tired of being tormented by the fact that I couldn't live my life without falling down. I except the fact that I am not perfect and never will be until I die. I do all that I can to keep myself from falling down but like you I fall anyways. So I just pick myself up, ask for forgiveness and move on. You know like the song says "We fall down we get up"