When Mrs. Bamaeyedoc and I went for our premarital counseling, I told my pastor (who actually helped officiate my 1st wedding) that I was struggling with all this with regard to having a failed marriage and the guilt of that. Even though I had asked for forgiveness. He put his hand on my shoulder and said: “I have 1 word for you. Redemption. We serve a redeeming God who forgives and wants his children to be happy and live in his blessings. She (Janet) is a blessing to you and your boys and He has long forgiven you. You need to get rid of that stinking’ thinking’ that Satan wants to hold over you and press forward and dedicate this marriage to God.”
I cannot tell y’all how those words of encouragement instantly released me and gave me the freedom to be happy again.
Satan does love to keep us thinking we are in bondage to are sin when Jesus has already paid for it and God has already forgot about it.