CLOSETS
Today's reading: Job 31-32

"Have I tried to hide my sins as people normally do, hiding my guilt in a closet?" Job 31:33 NLT

Christian blog writers sin.

There. It's out there.

Do not be misled any longer with false assumptions or lofty ideals.

Do I attempt to hide my sins in a closet? No, but only because a closet would not be big enough--even Imelda Marcos' shoe closet!

That being said, I am ashamed, convicted by the Holy Spirit, of what I do try to 'camoflauge' in terms of times when my heart and God's heart are not on the same page.

My attitude is one area He has brought to light this morning.

I can put on a happy face. I can slap a smile on and go. I can dish up service with enough of a grin that most folks would think I'm happy doing it...but One knows the truth.

My words are another.

The power that rests in what I say amazes and astounds me, and yet I wield them flippantly and carelessly. I utter sharp witicisms that cut deeply. I mutter, in poor conscience, things I know are unnecessary, unkind and untrue.

I thought my 'closet' was pretty clean, until God opened the door of it and started dragging a few things out that I had stored.

He and I will be working on this closet for the rest of my life. It's bigger and more jam-packed than I'd imagined.