Confession

Most Christians would agree that we are sinners in need of forgiveness. It's interesting that the Chinese word for sinner is "criminal" and one who sins commits a crime. I wonder if we would as readily agree to that. If we truly believe we are sinners, we must also admit that we are criminals, that we have committed innumerable crimes against our Father. I have been noticing that in my own prayers and in the prayers of others that I pray with, we rarely confess our sins. I think that it is because, deep down, we really don't believe that we are that bad. We seem to believe that God will forgive our little peccadilloes without us even mentioning them. We need to ask the Lord to help us remember to confess, to take time in our prayers to recall our crimes against him, and to humbly ask him to forgive us. Perhaps (do we dare?) we should "confess our sins one to another and pray for one another "so that you may be healed." James 5:16