Good morning! It has been a bit since I jumped in on Five Minute Friday over at Kate’s place, but here I am. In case you don’t know about Five Minute Friday, let me tell you about it. FMF is a writing prompt that Kate Motaung tosses out late on Thursday evening. A beautiful bunch of writers write like mad for 5 (or maybe more) minutes on the word prompt. Then we all hit ‘publish’ on our posts and the visiting begins.
Today’s word prompt is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FAVORITE.
Let’s get to it!
They say that confession is good for the soul. They are right. Confession does, indeed, free up the soul. It allows sweet fellowship between two people to be re-established. Confession of a wrong or sin helps alleviate shame and guilt for the one doing the confessing. It is especially important between man and God.
So, if confession is so good for us, why don’t we always fully pour out our confession to God? Why do we have that FAVORITE sin, a pet sin, that we doggedly hold onto and refuse to confess? Most of us have a favorite sin, don’t we? That disobedience to God that brings us a whole lotta guilty pleasure. Perhaps it is eating too much, coveting your girlfriends home or car or newest Louis Vuitton. If might be obsessing about how my body looks, or idolizing money because I never have enough. Your favorite sin could be a secret affair with the guy in the next office or reading trashy romance novels, or even your hatred of a fellow Christian. The possibilities for favorite sins are endless. You know what sin is eating your lunch, and so do I.
David found out the importance of confession in the aftermath of the Bathsheba mess. Seems David’s favorite sin was his sexual desire for Bathsheba, and as we know, it got him in a world of hurt:
1Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
2 Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit.
3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. “Selah”
5 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. “SelahPsalm 32:1-5 (NIV)
