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Owning Up. You Can Even Call It a Confession. - Addison Zanda

 In the beginning of Book V, we see the idea of what confession is meant to be, "Heal all my bones and let them say Lord, there is none like you." Many times in life, most all of us seem to have a slight and even strong struggle of the idea of confessing. Its not that we hate doing it, its just human nature to not having that feeling of being wrong. If you think about it, there's a stage on confession that are steps from sorrow to action. Looking at this from a Christian perspective, we constantly fail to admit we have sinned, done wrong to one, or have committed a crude action toward ourselves that result in sorrow. If we look in the book of Ezra, the people committed wrong actions. Ezra 10 is a complete story about the owning up to the wrongdoing of their actions. The people owned up and asked for help to make things right with God. Making things right doesn't necessarily involve an apology. It involves a true change in attitude and actions. If you've somehow blown it with God, someone else, or even feel like you've messed up alone... what are you exactly doing about it? How are you changing and becoming stronger in that area of life? Are you committed to the change? If you're having trouble, here's some things to think about: humble yourself in admitting you've done wrong, simply ask God to forgive you, and even reject harmful habits. 


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  1. kaitlyn terryFebruary 1, 2021 at 10:51 PM

    I love this! I personally almost always struggle with admitting that I am in the wrong, making confession a very difficult process. It seems almost relieving to be reminded of what confession is supposed to look like, even if I don't always get it right.

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