Category Archives: Excuses

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Pray this Lazaroo in humbled transparency:

“My people have committed two sins…”
(Jeremiah 2:13)

If only two sins

were all I’ve committed. Jesus

Mine are innumerable.

I can’t count them
and I’m the one who committed them.

If I really wanted a closer count

I’m sure my enemies would help me out.

One reason I can’t count all of them –

other than my bad memory –

is that I’m really good at justifying them

when in reality there is never any excuse
for sinning against You.

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Pray this Lazaroo…in dust and ashes:

“He shall…burn it on the altar…”
(Leviticus 4:19)

There are some things I need to burn on the altar, Jesus:

my self-centered pride
the fear that You won’t come through for me this time

the excuses I keep coming up with to explain my disobedience
the anger that rises within me when things don’t go my way

my harsh judgmentalism
the deprecating comments I sometimes make about others.

Help me burn every last one of them

to a crisp.

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