Guilt Is a Gift

Guilt is a gift from God. ~ Tennie M

Guilt: the fact of having committed a specified
or implied offense or crime.
So much for legalities, but what of the emotion?
Guilt: the state of one who has committed an offense
especially consciously,
feelings of deserving blame especially
for imagined offenses or from
a sense of inadequacy :self-reproach
a feeling of deserving blame for offenses.
How can any of the meanings be God's gift?
What can we do with guilt?
Legally, we can pay the price,
Serving time, paying fines,
making restitution...
Those gift a feeling of paying the price,
setting things right.
The statement was made
to Recovery people.
What do we do with guilt?
Simple answer, Steps Four through Ten.
Guilt leads us to face our mistakes,
our malicious acts, our misinterpretations,
our regrets and often to walk away
with a former foe now friend
as well as serenity, relief, and peace...
gifts from God!