I was reading 2 Cor today, and the verse below stood out so strongly for me...and it was like a "woa.." moment as i try to understand what it means. Godly sorrow leaves no regret but worldly sorrow brings death! sorrow is always thought of as a negative emotion, and no one likes to feel sorrowful. But here Paul talked about godly sorrow as an emotion which leads to something good! It leads to slavation, and it leaves no regret! woa.. but the sorrow as the world knows it, brings death.
"Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death."
2 Cor 7:10 (NIV)
"For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death."
2 Cor 7:10 (NLT)
