“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous
to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Something I learned lived…
Your light shined in my life and it wasn’t pretty.
In old stories (like the bible) and throughout mythology, “light” is a metaphor for “consciousness.” I have been hiding from you like Adam did in the garden.
Your light judged, convicted and executed the dark things.
Light divides. When light comes in, dark things have to go*.
The chains of lying/pretending/hiding are destroyed
when they are seen.
When your consciousness saw my condition,
the wicked parts were cleansed.
Incidentally, anything tied to those lies is also destroyed.
Trust, connection, etc.
* If I deny/defend the sickness in my flesh, it can stay.
If I submit to Go(o)d and resist the evil, it flees.
It isn’t free.
Attacking sin always costs you something.
Your viciously righteous words were necessary
to scrub out the infection.
It’s a form of violence, and you trade your innocence
to put the evil to death.
You shed blood to “cover” my sin. Scars you will have.
It did set me free – in part.
I had bound myself to the idol of your respect/high opinion,
and tried keeping it by manufacturing a false righteousness.
That idol is burned up. Thank God.
Inviting your consciousness to shine in my life.
Asking for the cleansing power of your hard words.
Thank you for loving me with your very life.
Forward, not backward.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous
to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
REJOICE!