“For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.” – Psalm 51:3-4
One day, I was sitting in bed when Biscuit crept into the room. He had a guilty look on his face and appeared to have something in his mouth.
“Biscuit? Why do you look guilty?” I asked. He came up to me (I’d stood up), and dropped three kibbles at my feet. Peanut’s kibbles, from her bowl, I realized.
Biscuit knew he’d done something he wasn’t allowed to do. And he felt guilty. So guilty he just couldn’t go through with it. When he dropped the kibbles, it was clear he was giving them back to me, and he looked at me with sorry eyes.
We all have those Biscuit moments, when we realized we’ve started on a course we shouldn’t have gone down. We can keep going, knowing God will forgive us eventually, or we can make it right with him right away, laying our transgressions at his feet in surrender.
Biscuit could’ve enjoyed those kibbles. But he would’ve felt a rift between us. He would’ve missed out on the accolades I gave him for returning the kibbles. I loved his repentance, his sweet little heart that just couldn’t disobey me. And God loves that in us, too.
How does your conscience measure up to Biscuit's? What do you typically do when you've done something wrong?
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