It's just barely possible that the Lord is trying to tell me something. Last Friday I led tours of our beautiful church for children in our local elementary school. During question time, one earnest young man looked at me and asked, "Where are your confession houses?" Today's devotional topic in "Altar at Home" was Confession of Sin. Finally, in looking for prayers by Thomas Treadwell Stone, I found the following which, of course, turned out to be a prayer of confession..."We confess unto thee how weak we are in ourselves, how powerless to do the work of life, how prone to selfishness and sin. We beseech Thee to grant us strength, the strength of Thy Spirit, the power of Thy Christ, wherein we can do all things. Enable us thus to repress every selfish propensity, every wilful purpose, every unkind feeling, every thought and word and deed of anger and impatience, and to cherish perfect love, constant kindness, to think pure thoughts, to speak gentle words, to do helpful and generous deeds. Raise our minds to the contemplation of Thy beloved Son, that, seeing His divine beauty, we may be drawn near unto Him, and changed into His image, and empowered to bring every thought into obedience to Christ, into harmony with His Spirit and His immortal life—Amen"
blessings
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