It's a beautiful morning. It's so nice to see sunshine. Especially after sooooo much rain. The sun is appreciated much more now. (I'm sure there's a metaphor or an illustration in that thought somewhere).
Last night April read the Divine Hours to me before we retired for the evening. In one of the prayers she read my mind rested on this phrase... Almighty God, my Heavenly Father: I have sinned against you, through my own fault, in thought, and word, and deed, and in what I have left undone... a prayer of confession and asking of forgiveness before laying down to rest. I particularly pondered the words "through my own fault" and "in what I have left undone."
I'm not exactly sure why I clung to those words, I just know the prayer that is on my heart today is that I would leave nothing "undone." That I would recognize where sin originates... within ME. No one else is to blame for my neglect, or for my offenses. "By my own fault" I sin against my Creator. It's only when I come to this realization and confession that the way is then paved for God to really do a good work in me.
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