The Risk to Confess

Daily writing promptDescribe a risk you took that you do not regret.View all responses

I’ve taken the risk to openly confess, apologize, take responsibility, and make amends for my wrongdoing many times. I’ve never regretted doing that. In fact, it has always relieved me of a load of guilt and shame. The AA 12 Steps teach that wisdom. Step 5 says: “We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” The Steps go on to talk about repentance: “We made direct amends,” to the people we have harmed. For great guilt relief, confess. Take the risk and do it now.

Every time you fall into a particular sin bring it into the light. The devil works in darkness, so he hates it when you shine the light on his evil by humbly telling a trusted Christ-follower about how you gave in to it. If every time you fall into that particular sin you confess it to that particular Christ-follower, the devil will soon realize that you are serious about living in Christ’s victory and will back off from tormenting you. Try it. It really works.

If you’ll open your heart
To humbly confess
And truly express
To the living God
Genuine remorse
For all you’ve done
That has produced guilt
You’ll experience
Cleansing forgiveness.
To deny your sin
Is to say that God
Who said, “All have sinned,”
Is a liar.
Unless you confess
You’ll stay ever stuck
In guilt and in sin
And darkness within.
(James 1:9-10)

If you sit and hear
A religious talk
But don’t learn to walk
Heart to heart with God
The words that you hear
Will soon disappear.
Some people do that
Throughout the whole year.
(Matthew 15:8-9)

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