365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...JULY IS WINDING DOWN!

There is an old saying that says...You can run...but you can't hide. How fitting that is of the world today when everything from crimes, infidelities, drug use, etc. are often done in SECRET. When people do something wrong...they run. Too many people don't own up to their sin. For (we)all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23) No one is perfect. All we need to do is confess our sins and ask God for forgiveness with a sincere heart, and repent (turn away) and God is quick to forgive us. The Bible has many scriptures concerning SECRET sin...that which is done in darkness (SECRET) will come out in the light. Luke 8:17 says, For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. (NIV) The NLT is even more straightforward...For all that is SECRET will eventually be brought into the open, and everything that is concealed will be brought to light and made known to all. Other scriptures you may want to read on your own are Matthew 10:26, Mark 4:22, 1 Corinthians 4:5, and Acts 17:11. So although we can run from things, we can never ever hide. I would rather confess my sin, ask for forgiveness, repent and if necessary take my punishment than die in my sin. There are no guarantees you will live long enough to do so. 

I ask that you would join with me in praying for the mother whose 3 children were hit and killed by the two carjackers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May God heal her and comfort her in this time of her greatest loss and that those involved will turn themselves in...in Jesus Name Amen.