Even admitting/confessing to ppl you do not know that ur prideful is hard, but God, that is exactly what i have to give up in this life. There is nothing to boast except in what the Lord is doing. Please have mercy on me, who cry out again and again, but still sin again and again. Set me free from this stronghold, and the children too, i implore. I havent been a helpmeet, not been responsible as i thought i'd been, and now reaping the consequences. Ur just at the end of ur rope, knowing uv been so wrong, but how to make up for yrs of sin. Forgive me, I plead for mercy, and faith again to step forward from being stuck in the mire. God, please help overcome.. this weak, helpless, hateful sinner that i am, and love by serving others.