If I am working beside a man, and I see that he tries to shirk and shift his labor upon me, I am angry with him. But if he says to me, “I am wounded, and cannot work,” or, “I am lame,” or, “sick,” then the thought comes to me at once, “you shall not work; I will help you.” And so if a man says to us, “I know I did wrong; but I am weak. Blame me as little as you can,” that very confession disarms us, and we think better of him than we did before.
Therefore it is that God so exhorts us to confess our sins to Him. God is like us to this extent that whatever in us is good, is like God.—BEECHER.
