““Father George Paulsen said to me, “Most of us have been in the same boat. Most of us find that the sins of our days are the sins of our lives. And the worst thing we can do is let our shame or our pride keep us from asking forgiveness every time we must.” And then he said, “The fact that Jesus will always forgive you finally becomes the prod. One day, you realize that you are tired of this confession, tired of this sin; on that day, you’ll decide you truly want it gone.””
![“[...]we must ask ourselves whether we have not often been deceiving ourselves with our confession of sin to God, whether we have not rather been confessing our sins to ourselves and also granting ourselves absolution. And is not the reason perhaps for our countless relapses and the feebleness of…” quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2b3/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_christianity_we-must-ask-ourselves-whether-we-have-no_3017382.jpg)
