Finding Forgiveness

When we see ourselves so foul, then we expect God to be angry with us on account of our sin. And so we are stirred by the Holy Spirit to contrition and prayer and want with all our might to amend ourselves in order to soothe God's anger, until we find rest in our souls and our consciences are easy....
Our courteous Lord shows Himself to the soul simply and full of glad cheer, as if the soul had been in pain and in prison, saying, "My dear darling, I am glad you have come to Me in all your sorrow. I have always been with you. Now you see Me loving you, and we are united in bliss."

- Julian of Norwich