Pain

When Isaiah saw God in the temple (Isaiah 6), he was ruined (or undone) over his sin. He completely came apart. The angel burnt the flesh on his lips with a coal to cleanse him from his sins, no doubt a painful experience.

The pain of repentance is not given much attention. Do we come undone over our sin, and when God restores us and heals us, do we feel the pain of being refined by the fire of God's holiness?

I pray that we would be sensitive to sin, and that it would grieve the Spirit within us. And I pray that we would all experience being refined by God's holiness, however painful the experience may be.