Confession is good for the soul!

Why is saying “I am sorry” so difficult?  Why is sharing our faults with others so hard? Do we believe we are above this, or too holy?  Is there reason to hide our mistakes from those we love?  Do they not see them when they occur in real time?  Is it a sign of weakness to admit a short coming?  Is strength really a covered up mistake or sin?  Or is strength a confessed mistake and repentant heart?  We stumble, we fall, we get dirty, and we pick our self up, too fast, I’m afraid.  Why won’t we take an extra moment while on the “ground” to consider what caused us to stumble in the first place? What is the lesson in the moment of the fall?  Let’s take a moment or two to ponder how feeble we are, how prone we are to wonder and fall.  Randy don’t just pull yourself up quickly and proceed at the same pace, share your faults, don’t hide them.  Be real!  What a shame that we experience life in the silence of shame.  We keep on pretending to have it all together and yet we know better.  God knows our hearts, He knows our thoughts, He knows… us.  I sometimes have to call my kids together and say, “I blew it…please forgive, etc.”.  They look at me and instantly want to comfort me by saying, ”we love you daddy, or it’s okay…we all make mistakes. etc.”  You see when we confess and share our mistakes, it leads us to intimacy with our heavenly father as well.  I want to let everyone see the scars that have been healed by God’s grace and mercy in my imperfect life.  In order for you to see that I have to let you get close enough.    2nd Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.“   Thanks for letting me share.  Randy Young