Dave Edlers Ramblings

My grandson can get himself pretty wound up. Something will not be going his way and he’ll start to object and in a very short time he’s jumping up and down and crying pretty hard. Most of the time it is not that big a deal and a simple calming word will slow him down and he will “come to his senses”. Then things get better.
In the parable of the prodigal son that is what happens to the first son, he “comes to his senses”. Sees he’s living far from what he should be living (because of a choice he made), and decides to repent. The description in the parable is that he practiced a speech that he intended to give to his father. “I have sinned against heaven and against you” is how his speech goes. Heaven and you. Heaven first. I have sinned against heaven. My sin is against you God.
In our life journal as we walk through Leviticus in chapter 7 it starts, “Now this is the law of the guilt offering; it is most holy.” The guilt offering. The confession. Come to your senses. It is most holy. Recognizing and confessing sin is most holy. Living a life of confession is living in holy communion with the Father. We must live life this way. A life of confession.