I thank God for mental walls.

When the world feels like it's crashing and I turn a bad mood into thoughtless actions, once forgiveness is sought and granted, there's one barrier left before I can return to God: myself. How can I forgive myself when my actions scream that I'm a selfish idiot? How do you dissipate a guilty, despairing mood?

The God we serve is a God of love, of forgiveness, and most importantly at the moment, of new beginnings.

Is there anything to gain by me persisting in my foul self-loathing? Not if I've already sought forgiveness from those who I've hurt.

Then there's nothing left but to praise God for new beginnings and put the past (and mood) behind.