You turn people back to dust, saying,
“Return to dust, you mortals!” For you, a thousand years are as a
passing day, as brief as a few night hours. You sweep people away
like dreams that disappear. They are like grass that springs up in
the morning. In the morning it blooms and flourishes, but by evening
it is dry and withered. We wither beneath your anger; we are
overwhelmed by your fury. You spread out our sins before you – our
secret sins – and you see them all. We live our lives beneath your
wrath, ending our years with a groan. Seventy years are given to us!
Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with
pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away. Who can
comprehend your anger? Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you
deserve. Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow
in wisdom. Psalm 90: 3-12 NLT
God sees your sins – even your secret
sins.
That's right. Even those things you
have never told a soul, never acted on or even considered confessing
to God. God knows them. God knows your inmost secret heart, your
pains and your brokenness.
Do you think God has a right to be
angry over these secret sins? I'm not addressing the other readers of
this devotional. Even you have secret sins. Again, do you
think God is mad at you because of them?
What steps can you take to confess and
to be forgiven? What steps can you take or help can you ask for to
over come these sins, to not repeat these secret sins?
I'm going to take some time right now
to think about what these secret sins are, to really admit that I
have them, to ask God's forgiveness and to accept that forgiveness
with a promise not to backslide.
Will you join me?
Amen.
Copyright 2012 Amelia G. Sims
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