Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not hide my iniquity;
I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord’,
and you forgave the guilt of my sin.”
NL Daily Devotion for Wednesday, December 29, 2021
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
It feels so good to come clean. Well, not always. Sometimes the other person isn’t too nice about it. But in my recovery journey I’ve had to make lots of amends to people—own up to the past and see if there’s any way to make things right. And almost without exception, people are incredibly gracious, often expressing that they didn’t even remember whatever incident was weighing so heavily on me.
It’s no different when we come before God with our failing, except that we’re guaranteed grace and forgiveness, no matter how awful the thing we’ve done.
How does it feel to have to ask someone for forgiveness?