I will make this confession, although it hurts to do so: I am a very skilled self-swindler. I am very good at playing monkey games with my morality. All too often, I argue for righteousness that simply is not there. It’s too easy for me to convince myself that the wrong that I have done is not so wrong after all. And as I work to minimize the gravity of my condition, I in turn devalue the grace that is my only hope of rescue, transformation, deliverance. Lord, please crush my heart with the guilt of my sin so that you may fill it once again with the glory of your redeeming grace.
