When I sin is God still close?

[Layp3rs0n]

I have been fighting a particular grave sin habit for many years. I really am making progress. But falls still occur. Now when I fall from Grace, after u pick myself up but bevore Confession is available, is God still close by…emotionally? I means can I still address Him like a child to loving Father? Or should I see Daddy as being too ticked off to be tender? I love Him dearly, but I still fall. And before Confession I hope I can still know He has His arm around me.

 

[Trishie]

God is still close. He sees your repentance.
What you feel isn’t expressive of God’s acceptance or rejection, but of your anxiety and guilt.
Trust in God’s love for you even at such times.
I love my sons whether they are clean or mud covered. They might feel miserable for being dirty and cold, but I love them so much.
Much more, does God love you even when you’re covered in mud, and sorry that you disobeyed and went where you knew you shouldn’t

 

[Pfaffenhoffen]

I have been fighting a particular grave sin habit for many years. I really am making progress. But falls still occur. Now when I fall from Grace, after u pick myself up but bevore Confession is available, is God still close by…emotionally? I means can I still address Him like a child to loving Father? Or should I see Daddy as being too ticked off to be tender? I love Him dearly, but I still fall. And before Confession I hope I can still know He has His arm around me.

´Maybe instead of sin, you may call a bad habit, a vice, no?
God is closer to the sinners than to the good people.

 

[fred_conty]

I have been fighting a particular grave sin habit for many years. I really am making progress. But falls still occur. Now when I fall from Grace, after u pick myself up but bevore Confession is available, is God still close by…emotionally? I means can I still address Him like a child to loving Father? Or should I see Daddy as being too ticked off to be tender? I love Him dearly, but I still fall. And before Confession I hope I can still know He has His arm around me.

Because of serious sin, divine life leaves the soul.
Thru an act of loving repentenance with the intention of going to confession as soon as possible , divine life reenters the soul. However communion must wait until confession has been made.

It is one of God’s great desires to be one with you always. And there is never a time when he will not forgive, when you love him from your heart.

 

[sheepaileen]

In darkness, at times of tribulation and distress of the spirit, Jesus is with you. In such a state you see nothing but darkness, but I can assure you on God’s behalf that the light of the Lord is all around you and pervades your spirit. . .You see yourself forsaken and I assure you that Jesus is holding you tighter than ever to His divine Heart.
----St. Padre Pio

 

[Lutgardis]

I have been fighting a particular grave sin habit for many years. I really am making progress. But falls still occur. Now when I fall from Grace, after u pick myself up but bevore Confession is available, is God still close by…emotionally? I means can I still address Him like a child to loving Father? Or should I see Daddy as being too ticked off to be tender? I love Him dearly, but I still fall. And before Confession I hope I can still know He has His arm around me.

What do the scriptures say?

James 4:8-10 *Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you. *

And of the prodigal son when he came to himself:

Luke 15:17-20 "When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men.’ 20 So he got up and went to his father. **But while he was still a long way off , his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. **

Obey the Church and go to confession as soon as you can; in the meantime, cry out to Him and He will hear you. Not only do the scriptures teach this, but our own experiential relationship with Him, when we cry out to Him, will demonstrate the same. Insofar as what you “feel” emotionally in the meantime, do not base your trust in His love and forgiveness on that. Believe that He is true to His word, and realize that when we pull away from Him emotionally, the residual effect of that distance that we create can often haunt us. Ask Him for His assurance and determine to try to do better, making love of him and holiness for Him your utmost goal.

May the Lord bless you and grant you complete and permanent freedom from whatever bondage has pursued and harmed you.