"Lamentation"

"For Thine arrows stick fast in me, and Thy hand presseth me sore." (Psalms 38:2) Expressing grief that might be felt from sin is sometimes no easy, but I think David does a pretty good job in this short little verse. I cannot imagine what it might be like to walk around with arrows stuck in me, but I am sure there are not hardly any moments that you do not know that they are there. Couple that, with the feeling of being pressed down, as God presses His mighty hand down upon you, and you have what you could compare to a pin cushion being squeezed; making every arrow that is stuck in you, feel as though it is ten times larger. This is what it feels like to lament over the sins that we are convicted over; it not only pricks are hearts, but it make the air heavy around us; almost as if we are being forced upon our knees. However, this is a good thing, and should be something that we accept as a step in the right direction towards humility and surrender. God wants nothing more than our lives to be wrapped up in Him; not for us to be tangled up in sin, which is what happens to us when we continue in sin, as though it is okay; it begins to grow around our hearts like a wild vine, choking out our desire for fellowship with God, and our ability to get wrapped up in Him. There are really no two ways about it, sin kills; it destroys relationships; it destroys our walk with God; left undone, sin can eventually destroy our health and take our lives. So, relatively speaking, what are a few arrows and the heavy hand of God when compared to death? More importantly; wouldn't it be better to be chastened by God then thrashed by sin? because that's what sin will do to us, thrash our lives, and make us fall out of fellowship with the One that loves us more than we even love ourselves... "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice; and be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour." (Ephesians 4:29-5:2)