We all have confessions. Now, I am not just talking about only the scenario when it is between the ‘offender’ and the priest. It is those deep secrets of something we might have done that are not so nice. The fact that it involved another that it hurt them directly or indirectly makes it dicey.
Listening to a radio program, with ears wide open, my mouth was slightly open as I heard callers make their confessions. It reminded me of a sermon I heard some time ago. The preacher had said that sometimes we come to God with problems and complain as if he is not answering. We forget the ‘little’ things he doing daily. As little as going out and coming in everyday, such a miracle is underrated.
In a country like ours where insecurity has heightened, should we take such blessings for granted? That is another talk for another day. Back to the preacher, when we come to God with the seeming problems we have, we would not be grateful until we see the weight of problems some other people carry. Same for the confession talk.
As different people from different walks of life called in anonymously( of course knowing the gravity of such confessions, they had to hide their identity besides we never can tell who is listening) to relate their sordid experiences, I think I almost assumed the ‘holier-than-thou’ attitude. And then the song of popular musician, Tubaba started playing in my head. Borrowing from the lines of his song ‘Holy Holy’, ‘Nobody holy pass’.
There was a confession on infidelity. Another was on theft. Most of the confessions were rooted in these two instances. It was clear that the people involved had thought about themselves not minding the other person or persons involved. It was selfish desire for gratification at the expense of those concerned. Other instances were just to met out pain. It showed that the heart of man could be desperately wicked. At the end of the day, it was all about ‘self’ and giving in to pressure and succumbing to temptation. But then I realised there was power in the confession of ‘leading us not into temptation’ from the Lord’s prayer was stronger than just a mere phrase,
After looking within, I understood that sin is sin. There is no big crime or small crime after all. It is God’s grace that makes us able to stand amidst possible condemnation. This goes without saying that we must frown and desist from engaging in activities that would harm the next person.