Some of you may know that I struggle from time to time with feelings of guilt--times when I feel utterly overwhelmed by my continual shortcomings. Recently I have been reading Brother Lawrence's book The Practice of the Presence of God and was struck by the following quote: "...that when [I] had failed in [my] duty, [I] only confessed [my] fault, saying to God, I shall never do otherwise if You leave me to myself; it is You who must hinder my failing and mend what is amiss. ...After this [I] gave [myself] no further uneasiness about it."

What joy to remember that when we take sin to the cross and ask for forgiveness, the sins are remembered no more! There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ. (Romans 8:1) "This is the great secret...to take sin to the cross, see there its sinfulness, and then put it under the blood and reckon it gone." (Calvary Road by Roy Hession)

Isn't God amazing?