Have you ever tried to hold a large beach ball completely underwater? It takes constant, exhausting effort to keep it submerged, and the second you relax your tired arms, it explodes to the surface and hits you in the face. Keeping our dark secrets hidden took that exact kind of exhausting, non-stop effort. The burden of carrying unconfessed wrongs is crushing. But confession is the key that unlocks our self-made prisons. When we finally speak the exact nature of our wrongs out loud, we stop fighting the beach ball. We agree with God about our condition, dropping the exhausting charade of perfection. When we confess, we find that God doesn’t just forgive the debt; He actually purifies the stain. We are wiped clean from all unrighteousness. You do not have to carry the heavy dirt of yesterday into today. | 
