Here is a passage I hold dear to me whenever I am experiencing deep guilt from committing something wrong by word, thought or deed and just can't seem to see the light from the darkness.
Micah 7:8-9
8 Do not gloat over me, my enemies!
For though I fall, I will rise again.
Though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.
9 I will be patient as the Lord punishes me,
for I have sinned against him.
But after that, he will take up my case
and give me justice for all I have suffered from my enemies.
The Lord will bring me into the light,
and I will see his righteousness.
"When I fall, I shall rise. Yes, I have fallen. I hate what I have done. I grieve at the dishonor I have brought on my King. But hear this, O my enemy, I will rise. I will rise."
"When I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me. Yes, I am sitting in darkness. I feel miserable. I feel guilty. I am guilty. But that is not all that is true about me and my God. The same God who makes my darkness is a sustaining light to me in this very darkness. He will not forsake me."
These two verses accompanied by the explanations from John Piper have encouraged me greatly in times of darkness when I have been so caught up in my own guilt that I did not even want to get right. That I was so beyond saving in my own terms that I did not believe and trust in God's grace.
I hope these verses bring to you a new perspective on guilt and provide you comfort and a renewed hope during bleak times.
Your brother in Christ, William.
