Spring always comes with regrets and new beginnings. Yesterday I reviewed the list of resolutions I made for the new year. They weren't so much about goals to meet but character issues to work on. I've failed in many ways. Overcome with remorse and shame, I struggled to confess my failure to God. I know that if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9), but that knowledge is hard to hold onto when I am weighed down with guilt. Not only did I feel guilty about the sin, but I felt guilty because I didn't really feel as guilty as I should. There is no such thing as a "little sin," a sin that doesn't wholly break the law of God and cause Him grief. The good news is that there is no sin, once confessed that is too big for God to forgive.
As there is no sin so small, but it deserves damnation, so there is no sin so great, that it can bring damnation upon those who truly repent. -The Westminster Standards
Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; m strength was dried up as by the heat of summer.
I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. -Psalm 32:1-5
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