I have heard people say, “Is it not simple sorry? Why can’t you just say that you are sorry?”

Do you know that there are times, when the sentence “I am sorry” is so simple for you to say? Such situations may include:

When you are called to settle a quarrel.

When a matter does not involve you at all.

When you have never experienced the pain that the person involved is passing through.

When you are convinced that you are wrong.

In the above circumstances, it is convenient for someone to say “I am sorry” You can even go an extra mile of volunteering to apologize on behalf of another person.

However, there are times, when the word “sorry” can be difficult to utter; without the help of the Holy Spirit. Let’s consider these scenarios:

When you are not guilty.

When mischievous people would see “white” and say that it is “black” They would turned the table against you and demand that you should apologize.

When the offender is far younger than you.

When you have passed through untold hardship in the hand of someone.

When you heard that the offender said that you would surely apologize.

In these scenario, it is not easy to say “I am sorry” if you are not a child.

My youngest child is less than 2 years. Whenever she alerted me that her elder ones beat her, I would tell the offender to say sorry. Most times, she would be the first person that would quickly say “sorry”.

Whenever such happens, I would just laugh over it. But when she did it again this morning, I was touched and I had a ministration in my spirit that it is high time I started asking God to make me a child.

If the Lord did not turn me to a child, how can someone tell lies against me without minding that I was there? When I tried to tell the right version of the story; he became offended. His defense was that he was an elder. Then, I was expected to apologize.

Brother, if God did not make  you a child, how can you go and apologize to someone you lent money to, and the person did not pay back. When you decided to remind him about it, he became offended.

Sister, if the Lord did not make you a child, how can someone borrow you shoe and spoil it; when you complain, she would ask you “After all how much is the cost of the shoe that I cannot afford” Afterwards she would keep malice with you and they will tell you to go and apologize for peace to reign.

If God did not make you a child, how can you agree that the voice that is telling you to apologize when your younger ones offended you is the voice of God?

There were times I said sorry with my mouth but my heart did not say the sorry; simply because I was not at fault.

There were times I had cried after apologizing because, ordinarily, the person ought to be the one apologizing to me. For my heart to readily agree with my mouth whenever I say “sorry”, I need to become a child. That is why I cry out to God this day; to make me a child.

In the book of Matthew 18:2-3 it is written “And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, verily I said unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven”

My utmost heart desire is to enter into the kingdom of God. But can I easily apologize when I am not at fault just for peace to reign. I am searching my heart to be able to give a truthful answer to this question. What of you? Can you say sorry when you are not guilty; for Christ’s sake?

We need to cry out to God to give us the heart of a child. If you and I can become children in heart, then the world will be more peaceful. And then, the kingdom of God will be nearer to us. Oh Lord, please make me a child!

Let us pray!

©️ Nzubechi Queen Ozabor