06/14/2026
CONFESS❤️
There are words I never say out loud. Not because I'm proud of them. Because I'm ashamed. And shame has this way of making silence feel like safety.
You think if you don't name it, maybe it won't be real. If you don't speak it, maybe nobody will see it. Especially Him.
1 John 1:9 — "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."
I treated confession like a courtroom. Walk in with your hands up. Admit the bad so you can take the punishment you deserve. I thought it was about feeling bad enough. Groveling enough. Making sure God knew I was sufficiently disappointed in myself before He'd consider letting me off the hook.
He is faithful and just. Not faithful and reluctant. Not faithful and disappointed. Faithful and just. It is His nature to forgive. It is right for Him to do it. He doesn't forgive because I finally felt bad enough.
He forgives because that's who He is. 🤌
And purify us from all unrighteousness — that's not a pardon. That's a cleaning. Not "we'll let this one slide." He scrubs the record. He removes the residue. He doesn't cover the stain—He gets rid of it.
I was carrying guilt like a receipt I thought I'd need later. Keeping records of my own failures so I could punish myself when God forgot to. But confession means handing over the ledger. Shredding the record. Letting Him actually clean the thing instead of me just managing the smell.
He already sees it. And He's not standing there to measure your remorse. He's standing there with a promise.
Jesus loves you. And I do too. ❤️
Inspired by 1 John 1:9
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