Psalm 32

“How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered!”  The psalmist knew what it was like to live under guilt.  “When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away … my vitality was drained away” (v3-4).  When we hide our failures and try to look good, all of life becomes a struggle.  Joy is sucked away by feelings of shame and the efforts of secrecy.  But when we acknowledge our sin (v5), God forgives us, and we enter a life of freedom.

Pride is a trap that keeps us isolated from God and one another.  Forgiven, we have nothing to hide.