Day 2 of my 31 day Fearless Campaign for the new year. Check out how you can be fearless when it comes to saying you are sorry.

1. FearlessApology –Psalm51:3
Throughoutmyentire life Ihave encounteredsituationswhere people have doneme andotherswrong
and the saddestpart of the whole situationisthe absence of the apology.Ifindthatpeople have so
much fearwhenit comesto sayingtheyare sorry. Fearthat theyhave beenexposed,fearthattheylook
bad admittingtheirwrong,fearthatitis reallytrue whatothershave saidaboutthemand whatthey
believeaboutthemselves. The sadpart isyou lookbetterandfeel betterwhenyoudoapologize.People
like youmore,theywantto be aroundyou,you improve yourrelationships,youare knownasthe
personwhoadmitstheyare wrong whentheyare wrongand isn’tafraidto expressthatknowingthat
theyare still worthyof beinglovedbythemselvesandothers.Everyonemakesmistakes,mishapsand
messessocleanthemup,don’trepeatthe mistake andcorrect the mishap.Thenmove onand letitgo.
It’s true we are our ownworstenemyandoftentimeswe speaknegativemessagestoourselvesover
and overagainreinforcingthatwe are not goodenough,thatwe don’t matter,we are not smart
enough, andmy mom or dad was rightwhentheysaidIwon’tamountto anything.If God lovesthe
whole world,thatmeanseveryone includingthe murderers,rapists,thieves,andotherevil people,and
if God is love,andif God hasa highlevel of self-esteem, andif Godis confidentinherabilitytodo
anythingshe setshermindto (yesIbelieveGodisa female),andif Godcan make thingshappenand
overcome the whole world, thenwhydopeople sell themselvesshort if we are made inthe image of
God? If you have harmedsomeone ordone somethingthatisindiscreetorshamefulorsomethingthat
requiresanapologylater,andyouknowif it requiresanapology,thenyoualreadypossessthe courage
to say youare sorry forwhat youhave done.I personallyhave encouragedothersthatmayhave acted
out of character towardsme to apologize tome.ItoldthemI wouldbe there tolistenandacceptthe
apologyif itwas sincere.Unfortunately,thosepeople still didnothingtoheal the relationshipandthat
to me is disturbing. IthinkitisimportantthatI apologize topeople if Ihave wrongedthemorsaid
somethingoutof character thatmay hurt them if I needto.It’simportantto me because I wantto
maintainmyself-esteemandfeelgoodthatI squashedsomethingthatneededtobe squashed.If I
admitI was wrongthenthe otherpersonwill feel betteraboutcommunicatingwithme andlesslikelyto
avoidme if theysee me.I don’twantto be arrogant andtoo highand mightytosay I am sorry. I am a
believerinbuildingrelationshipsnottearingthemdownandIhope the people inmycircle feel the
same way.If theydon’tthentheydonot belonginmy circle.
I believe if youcherishthe peopleinyourlife andyouare trulyand sincerelyafriendtothe onesyou
spendtime withthenyoushouldhave noproblemapologizingtothem.Iknow that people donotwant

2. to be wrong butyou are not perfectsothat meansthat sometimesyouwill be wrong,andif someone
callsyouon that it isimportantto letthemknow youmade a mistake andyoudo not intendtodo it
again.That’s it.You don’thave to geton your kneesandcry youreyesoutand getall crazy. You can
write a letter,sendanemail,sendatext,sendacard, buya stuffedanimal,sendthemaplayliston
YouTube,write apoem,take themto lunch,buythema cup of coffee,cookforthem, orjust walkupto
them,take theirhand,lookintheireyesandsay,“I am verysorry for whatI saidor did to hurtyou,I do
not intendtodoit againand I hope youforgive me.”That’sit.I bettheirface will lightupandtheyjust
mightbe in shockthat youwere brave enoughtodo that. So,if you needtoapologize forsomethingyou
saidor didto someone else justdoitanddo it quickly.The longeryouwaitthe harderitwill be torepair
the relationship,andthenanimositybuildsupandyoumay endup cursingyourself outorfeelingreally
bad aboutyourself because youcouldn’tmusterupthe nerve tosay youwere sorry.Whenwe are kids
our parentsteachus to say we are sorrywhenwe wrongsomeone sowhyisit sohard to do whenwe
are adults?Rememberthat.If youhave to go backin time andbringthe little boyorgirl outinside of
youthendo it to save yourrelationshipandfeel betteraboutyourself.If youthinkyouare above an
apologyyouare wrong.I saidbefore the Bible isourinstructionbookforlife andthere are versesin
there aboutrepairingrelationshipsandforgiveness.Soif ourcreator wantsusto say we are sorry then
it’simportantthatwe listen.Checkoutthisarticle thattalksaboutthe versesinthe Bible thatpertainto
apologizingandrightingwrongs. https://biblereasons.com/apologizing/It’sdeepandvital toself-
esteem,confidence andyouroverall sense of selfandwell-being.Letgoof the fearand justsayyou are
sorry,and if you are too arrogant to do that I encourage youtoput yourself inthe otherperson’sshoes
and empathize withwhattheymaybe goingthrough.How wouldyoufeel if theydidittoyou?