Daily Prayer: The Difference Between Sorrow That Heals and Sorrow That Hollows
Daily Prayer: The Difference Between Sorrow That Heals and Sorrow That Hollows Photo by tabitha turner (@tabithaturnervisuals) "Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death." — 2 Corinthians 7:10 I was washing out a coffee mug this morning — the one my daughter gave me years ago that has a small chip on the rim I've never gotten around to caring about — and I noticed I was replaying a conversation from earlier in the week. Not in a useful way. More like a loop. The kind where you keep rewinding to see if you could have said something better, or said nothing at all, or somehow been a slightly more evolved version of yourself in that particular moment. I've done this my whole life. I suspect I'm not alone. Two Kinds of Feeling Bad When I first read 2 Corinthians 7:10 years ago, I remember thinking it was a strange verse to have to explain. Sorrow is sorrow, isn't it? You ...