If we confess our sins , God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from everything we've done wrong. 1 John 4:9
So also with the
road sign “Christendom.” It designates the direction, but has one therefore
arrived at the goal, or is one always only—on the way?
(Kierkegaard; Works of Love,
48)
Do we ever fully arrive?
Is our Lenten journey about reorientation to a direction or
about reaching a destination? I would like you to playfully explore the
possibility (or reject it—it’s always your choice) about whether the life of
Jesus was about reorienting us to a particular direction, or about us arriving
to a specific destination. Or is Jesus both a direction and a destination? What
is the Christian “goal?”
Like the Christian philosopher, Kierkegaard, questions in
the above quote—are we only ever “on the
way?” Where are we going? Where do we want to go? Perhaps an even better
question as Christians, where should we be going?
The spiritual discipline of Confession has surprisingly
helped me explore the answers and tensions to these questions.
The devotional today is short and simple. Why should we engage in the spiritual
discipline of Confession? What is the “goal” of Confession?
~ Heidi Johnson
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