Transgression: 1 John: Prayers and Poetry

                Transgression 

                Lies, hatred, revenge

                condemnation, all only a

    

                few sins that can daily

                become unrighteousness

                pulling away from clarity

                and honesty into resentment

                to others forgetting we

                too commit these choices

                ourselves when we turn from 

                God's will and grace and mercy

                yet He will protect us

                from evil when we remember

                Love given by His death offers healing.

Psalm 107: 28: "Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses."

Reflection: Unrighteousness: 1 John: Prayers and Poetry

Reading Questions

        1. When or how has sinfulness attacked you"

        2. Do you choose to return the revenge or walk away? How and why?

        3. What helps you to recognize hidden evil given by the Lord's guidance?

Share: How has the Lord erased a time of unrighteousness for you and restored you into healing?

Unrighteousness: 1 John: Prayers and Poetry

Reading: 1st John 5:16-18: "If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask  and God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should make request for this. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death. We know that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him and the evil one does not touch him."

Unrighteousness

Lord, we each desperately need Your guidance and mercy. We need forgiveness daily as we too often sin without even recognizing the transgressions we allow.

Please teach us clarity and honesty within us and remind us when we forget, or do not see.

Keep us from the lies to ourselves and to others. Remove our hatred and condemnations toward others. And all any other wrong actions and attitudes that we still carry within us.

We ask for Your healing--daily.

Your thoughts,