"Today I think I can trace a clear linkage between my guilt and my pride. In pride I could say, "Look at me, I am wonderful." In guilt, I would moan, "I'm awful." Therefore guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others. This is why I see humility for today as that safe and secure stance midway between these violent emotional extremes." (Bill W., June 1961. The Language of the Heart. Pg. 258.)
Humiliation is the opposite of humility. How many times in my life have I had to experience humiliation before I could say "Enough!" It seems to take a lot to bow me before my own incompetence and say " Lord, save me!"
It is simple enough to call on God to remove us from our sin. What a load off our backs. But then life comes at us. We recall things we did in our past and it makes us physically sick. Even in our new life we face humiliation from our past. Why not believe that God can take those things off our backs, too? How many of my emotional and spiritual problems are a result of me wishing to carry these burdens, trying to correct these wrongs on my own? If in fact God can remove the guilt of sin upon my asking, cannot he too make it possible for me to correct the wrongs I have done, if only I ask?
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