And You set me there before my own face that I might see how vile I was, how twisted and unclean and spotted and ulcerous. I saw myself and was horrified; but there was no way to flee from myself. If I tried to turn my gaze from myself… again You were
setting me face to face with myself, forcing me upon my
own sight, that I might see my iniquity and loathe it. I had
known it, but I had pretended not to see it, had deliberately
looked the other way and let it go from my mind.
setting me face to face with myself, forcing me upon my
own sight, that I might see my iniquity and loathe it. I had
known it, but I had pretended not to see it, had deliberately
looked the other way and let it go from my mind.
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-From St. Augustine’s Confessions
This is tearing me to shreds right now, in the most beautifully redemptive way possible. Thank You, Jesus.
