A telephone salesman called a home, and a small child answered the phone just above a whisper. “Hello,” he said.
“Is your
mother in?” asked the salesman.
“Yes,” he
said in a hushed voice. “But she’s busy.”
“Well,” the
salesman continued, “is your father home?”
“Yes,” came
the quiet reply. “But he’s busy too.”
Wondering
what was going on the salesman asked, “Well, what are they doing?”
“Looking for
me,” whispered the child. “I broke my mom’s favorite vase and I’m hiding.”
Hiding is
the natural thing to do when we’ve done something we think is wrong. It has a long
heritage going back to the Garden of Eden when Adam said, to God, “I heard you,
so I hid.” Facing the Lord is not pleasant even though we know that He loves us
and will willingly forgive us if we ask.
Often when
we are guilty of being disobedient or knowingly commit a sin, we fear
approaching Him. But that is the time we need Him the most. We need to remember
that He does not want to hurt us but to heal us. He is anxious to forgive us,
restore our relationship with Him and grant us His pardon and peace. “If we
confess, He is faithful and just to forgive.”
Prayer:
We know, Heavenly Father, that we do what is unacceptable to You when
we sin. May we be swift to confess and repent and forsake what we know is
wrong. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Scripture For Today: But if we confess our sins to him, he is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
1 John 1:9
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