No one likes it but the presence of the righteous God drives His children to their knees and then He dries their tears and gives them peace, love, and joy. That is why we call Him Father.
9 And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Luke 18:9-14
Prayers for our next President.
Agreeed, but the fact remains NO one likes to admit they are a sinner and ask forgiveness. It is one of the hardest things to ever do. If it were easy, everyone would be saved.
Another factor is Reformed churches tend to shy away from the I am a sinner aspect that Evs put in the forefront.