"WHEN I KEPT SILENCE, MY BONES WAXED OLD." David speaks of the burden of unconfessed sin. "Day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me." Will the Lord receive us when we have backslidden from Him and desire to return? O yes, He invites, He exhorts, He beseeches us to return. Nor does He prescribe any hard conditions, but He says, "Only acknowledge thine iniquity." He is so ready to forgive, so infinitely gracious in His nature that, if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Have we wandered? Have we left our first love? Let us return to our heavenly Husband, for then it was better with us than now. His heart yearns over us, His arms are open to receive us, and He waits to fall upon our neck and kiss us. Let us go to His throne, and there confess our sins, crave His pardon, sigh for the enjoyment of His love, and He will restore unto us the joys of His salvation, and establish us with His free Spirit. Let us daily confess our iniquities unto the Lord, and He will pardon our many sins. In His favour is life. In His frown is distress and woe. He delights in mercy. He will receive, pardon and bless for His mercy endures for ever.

For Meditation:
This glorious news dispels my fears,
Makes glad my heart, wipes off my tears;
Displays the riches of His grace,
Inflames my love, and claims my praise;
A pardoned sinner lives to prove
The height and depth of Jesus' love.