Stand Vigilant

 

How often do we see the sins
That others perpetrate
Without noticing our own sins
Until it is too late?
 
It’s hard to step back from a sin
That hurts another’s heart,
And simply posing “a clean slate”
Does not make a fresh start.
 
That is the whole point about sin,
It hurts others and you.
Although you try to take it back,
Your hurtfulness shines through.
 
I often remind myself to
Be ever vigilant
For all the sins to which I’m prone,
Avoid cause to repent.
 
I still am not good at this task
That I have set for me,
But I work on it every day,
As it is meant to be.
 
Then, when I fail, as I still do,
I call upon His grace
And confess that I’ve sinned again,
Admitting my disgrace.
 
Out of His love, He forgives me
And sets me right once more,
That’s why I stand in vigilance
And seek to sin no more.
 
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

This vigilant seagull photo is another gift from ATF in Galveston.