When We Don’t Feel Loveable
You’ve heard about the guy who had it all: riches, fame, prestige, complete, earthy autonomy. He had everything going for him, but made some really bad choices and crashed and burned. It’s hard to imagine how anyone can get on the other side of adultery, murder, and the hostile rebellion of a son. He certainly reaped what he sowed, but we can learn from him on steps we can take to salvage our hearts on the other side of sin.
His troubles began one evening, when he really should have been working. In his leisure, a beautiful lady caught his eye. He did more than just take a second look. When the smoke cleared, her husband was dead and she was pregnant.
You’ve probably figured out by now, I’m speaking of King David, the man who wrote a majority of the Psalms. It would be written of David that, in spite of his poor choices, he was a man after God’s own heart. [1]
How can this be? How did his heart recover from such devastation? How do we recover when we sin? What do we do when we don’t even want to approach God because of the shame we feel? What do we do when we don’t feel loveable?
Steps to Recovery