CONFESSION IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL
God’s Word encourages open and honest confession. An applicable admonition is recorded in James 5:16 which says, “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.”
Consider this true story. In 1884, Grover Cleveland was running against James Blaine for the U.S. presidency. Blaine’s supporters discovered that Cleveland, a bachelor at the time, had fathered a son by Maria Crofts Halpin, an attractive widow who apparently had been on friendly terms with several politicians. Subsequently, Republicans tried to pin an immorality tag on Democrat Cleveland by distributing handbills showing an infant labeled “One more vote for Cleveland” and by having demonstrators chant, “Ma, Ma, where’s my Pa? Gone to the White House, Ha, Ha, Ha!”
It was a fiendishly clever political ploy. However, it backfired badly. Instead of denying the alleged intimacy, Cleveland decided to tell the truth and openly admit to his immoral misdeed. Unexpectedly, his candor served to actually defuse the issue, and Cleveland was elected president.
Lesson learned. We must avoid any attempt to cover our sins. The sage, King Solomon, penned apropos advice: “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.” (Proverbs 28:13) My friends, honesty IS the best policy.
Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING. Maranatha!
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