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iQuestions Faculty, June Hunt 
 
 
Question: 
 
I feel so guilty over a major wrong decision in my life. How can I deal 
with my shame? 
 
Answer: 
 
Guilt—we can all identify with it. We’ve all chosen wrong. We’ve all 
failed to be what we planned to be; what we thought we would be for 
another person; what we thought we would be for God. In truth, this 
does not catch God by surprise. In fact, the Bible says, “All we like 
sheep have gone astray. Each one of us has turned to his own way.” 
(Isaiah 53:6) So, God knows that we would choose wrong. In fact, He 
made us with the capacity to choose wrong. Indeed, we’ve all done it.  
 
Romans 8:1 says, “There is no condemnation for those who are in 
Christ Jesus.” No condemnation means NO condemnation. When 
you’ve humbled your heart and truly given your life to Christ, He 
forgives us for all of our sin. Now, think about it this way. It brings no 
glory to God for you to walk around the rest of your life saying, “Oh, I 
have sinned,” or “Oh, I was wrong”.  Everybody’s wrong at different 
times about different issues. We’ve all sinned, just in different areas. 
We’ve all chosen wrong, just in different areas.  
 
This is what I do daily: I periodically pray, “God, may I see my sin as 
You see it. And, may I hate my sin as you hate it.” You see, then I 
would be confessing and agreeing with God that it’s wrong. Then, I 
turn from my sin. It’s a choice to say, “I am choosing to go a different 
direction.” When you do that, it’s like the story Jesus tells about the 
prodigal son. Here’s this father, a loving father, and here’s his 
ungrateful son; one of two sons. This rebellious son demands his 
 
 
inheritance and the father actually lets him go. He gives him his half of 
the inheritance.  Well, when life doesn’t work for him, and he ends up 
squandering all his money, he recognizes, “I was wrong. I was really 
wrong.” Then this son comes home, not expecting to be treated like a 
son. He’s willing to be a servant. What’s the attitude of the father? 
Open arms. He’s thrilled when he sees his son. He runs to see his son. 
He embraces his son. He kisses his son. He gives him a ring. He holds 
a banquet for this son who was once lost, but is now found.  
 
That’s what God wants from you—to return. Then, let Him hold you in 
His arms. Recognize that He knows about your sin, but He doesn’t 
want you continually guilt-laden.  Instead, you have something to 
share with others. You’ve learned there’s no right way to do a wrong 
act. You’ve learned that life didn’t work for you, when you were doing 
what was wrong. So now live in the freedom of forgiveness that God 
has for you. That’s His desire for you, to live in the freedom of His 
forgiveness. 
 
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