Now Thats Confessing!

Hey everyone sorry I did not blog last week. As many of you know Abby's father is sick and is currently in the hospital undergoing a very intense round of chemo. Last Monday (the day i normally blog) I took the day off to be with her and the family in San Antonio. As a result It took me the rest of the week to get caught up and I never got to sit down and put my thoughts on paper. Maybe I will blog twice this week to make up for it (LOL).
I must start by saying I have jumped ahead. After reading today's reading I decided to keep on going into the reading for the 17th and I would like to comment on that just a bit. The 16th is almost over so I figure most of you will read this tomorrow anyway.
I was struck at the way the people confessed their sins to God in the reading for the 17th. It says Ezra was weeping and throwing himself down... Other people wept bitterly according to the scriptures. When was the last time you confessed like that? I am not saying we should do this just for the drama of it, or to prove we are serious about our confession. But I am not sure I take the confession of my sins seriously enough many times. I tend to in passing ask for forgiveness from God as a part of my prayers. I almost expect that God will forgive me because I know that He always has and always will. But that makes me lazy, and incredibly complacent in understanding how serious my sins are. I like most (I assume) take forgiveness for granted.
I am not suggesting that we weep every time we confess or that we must throw ourselves down on the ground. But I do suggest that as we pray and as we confess we take time to remember how serious sin is. I hope that we all will remember that our Lord hates sin. I pray that we remember that sin destroys everything that it touches! And when we take time to do that tears may flow, and knees will likely bow as we all stand in awwwww of what Jesus has done to restore our souls and grant us unending forgiveness.