Good Morning Friends,
“Blessed is he whose transgressions are
forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not
count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. When I kept silent, my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long. For
day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the
heat of summer. Selah Then I
acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to
the LORD’ -- and you forgave the guilt of my sin.” (Psalm 32:1-5)
What do you do with your sin?
Hide it?
When you hide your sin, or try to, it eats at your spirit and the rest
of you, too. Guilt is a horrible
stressor. It affects every aspect of our
body, even our health. It did for David
when he tried to hide his guilt, and it still works the same in us, too.
Confess it?
When you confess your sin, God wipes the slate clean. To confess means to say the same thing about
our sin that God says. It is only as we
own our sin that God removes its effects from us.
John wrote, “If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all
unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)
You can try hide your sin -- but it will only
cause you problems and God knows about your sin anyway. OR You
can confess your sin -- and God will wipe the slate clean!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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