Blow the whistle!!

When my Dad was a young boy he was with his mom at Roger’s dime store in Augusta. There was a whistle there that he wanted but he didn’t have the money for it so he slipped it into his pocket and took it home. He couldn’t bring himself to blow it because he knew what he had done was wrong. He couldn’t carry it with him because he said that even though it was only a couple ounces it felt like a couple of tons. So he hid it. For years he kept it. After he got home from the army, now a grown man, he took the whistle back to the dime store. The same lady was still working there and he told her what he had done. He tried to pay her but she told him he was forgiven. The debt was paid. She had seen him take it and the fact that he finally came and confessed was good enough for her. He stepped outside of the store and for the very first time he blew the whistle!! He was free!! We all have a whistle in our pocket from time to time! We sometimes hang onto them for awhile. Those sins get heavy and we can’t hardly carry them. 1 John 1:9 says that if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins, and purify us from all unrighteousness! We can’t possibly confess every single sin or that’s all we would get done. But when God makes you aware of a sin it is most beneficial to confess it,seek his forgiveness,and when you do your fellowship with God will be restored. Then you will be free!! The weight of your sin will be lifted!! Just like the kind lady in the store forgave Dad and didn’t want him to feel guilty, so it is with God! He doesn’t want you to carry around that heavy sin!! That guilt! He is ready to forgive!! Thank you so much Jesus, for coming to pay for our sins!!
Confess your sins!! Blow your whistle!! It’ll be great!!