A Prayer for When You Are Under the Weight of Sin
By Tiffany Thibault When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions. - Psalm 65:3 (NIV) The current mantra of our society seems to be that I must tell myself that I am worthy, I am smart, I am enough, I am capable, I am loved, and so on. To be truly happy and fulfilled, I must say, believe and live these words. However, these words are not truth. You see, regardless of how much I personally affirm myself and try to build myself up, this affirmation still fails to cover one very important aspect of the state of my soul: I am a sinner. I may appear to do all the right things and be a "nice" person, but as a human, I am hardwired to do things that we humans like to explain or excuse away. God gave us a word for this. That word is sin. Sin is anything we do that misses the mark of God's perfect holiness. It's caused a separation between God and you. Sin is anything that breaks the heart of God. Sin is anything that causes hurt to another. Sin makes us unclean and unworthy to stand before God, and no number of cultural labels can cover our sin up or make us good enough as a "sinner" to stand in the presence of God. Our sins not only cause us to be separated from God but leave us lonely and overwhelmed under sin's consequences. Our souls feel heavy as we try to walk through life bearing sins ugly weight. | 
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