A Sunday school teacher had brought little George home one afternoon. After supper she showed him pictures, told him nice stories and then played some children’s hymns for him on the piano. The little fellow thoroughly enjoyed himself.
After a while she began to play and sing the hymn:
“I’m thinking of my sins,
What wicked things I’ve done,
How very naughty I have been,
Although I am so young.”
However, before she had got very far little George said, “Please play something else. I don’t like that one.”
“Why not, George?” she asked. “Well, it makes me uncomfortable to think about my sins,” he replied. “But have you got some sins then, George?”
“Oh yes, lots of them.”
“And what do you do with your sins?”
“Why, I always try to forget them as soon as I can!”
This little boy tried to cover up his sins with forgetfulness. But no kind of covering will be the slightest use, for God says, “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper.” Proverbs 28:1313He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. (Proverbs 28:13). We cannot cover our own sins. God alone can, and He will cover them with the precious blood of Jesus. “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7).
Instead of forgetting your sins, come to Jesus and confess them. He will receive you, pardon, and blot them all out.
ML 11/14/1965