You have the words of eternal life.

John 6
⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, ⁶⁹ and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”

So I was, once again, faced with my own wretchedness. The painful realisation of how I had unconsciously judged, doused another with well-meaning, ill-timed words.

To amplify that further, it was also the sense of shame. The knowing that I had failed.

Yet, in the knowing that I am wretched, there is hope.

Because there is a Holy God, who is totally other than, totally nothing like me. Because He is creator and I am created. Because He is love, nailed on the Cross for my redemption. Because He knows what I am made of, is not unaware of the dark waves that hit out at me. He was here on this earth, He met with the darkness.

And He triumphed. In no way that I can, because He is God.

In Him, I put my trust. There is no way I can turn away from Him, even when I have to acknowledge my sin. Because He is merciful. He has the words of eternal life which strengthen me again.

And I am redeemed.