Good Guilt

Guilt is the rumble strip for your day to day life.  The Christian might call the rumble strip the spirit of God. A toddler naturally hides his wrong doings because what is right is hardwired in all of us.  When what is “good” doesn’t match what we decided to do there is a tinge of guilt to remind us.

The world turns dark when we ignore the guilt and rationalize the action.  Over time the guilt fades away and it starts to feel okay.  Especially when you start spending time with people who have also muted their guilt.  It almost disappears altogether and becomes the “right” thing to do.

The next natural occurrence is the feeling of judgment.  Judgment from others who have not rationalized their wrong doings.  When you watch someone else stay away from the rumble strips the guilt you thought you eliminated comes right back.  The best thing to do in this case is to stay away from those type of people because they are “judgmental.”

But are they? 

Humans are a mess but it’s worth taking a closer look at the feeling of being judged.  What’s the source of that judgment? 

Oftentimes it’s your conscience fighting for what is right and not condemnation from someone else. 

If you don’t think there is absolute truth…the rumble strips will politely leave you to your ways and you will be miserable.