As a dutiful Lutheran, I know the drill.  At the start of the service, there’s a script read by the Pastor, then everyone silently confesses their sins, then another script is read, and I’m forgiven to start the week fresh.  Bing, Bang, Boom!

Today, the script was read and here were my actual thoughts, “Sorry for all of my sins. (Pause) There sure are a lot of them.” Then more text began to be read.  Whew!  Didn’t want to go down the whole list.

Suddenly and unexpectedly, there was another pause.  Shoot, I had confessed too early.  Well, I guess I had better start on my list.

“Sorry, I yelled at my family (Bonus Content – We were all a little testy this morning and I got a lotta snippy).”

Longer pause.  I had better continue.

“I am also sorry for unpure thoughts. (Reader Reminder – Don’t judge me.  You have those ‘Hot Thoughts,’ too.  Let’s all be honest here.)

Still longer pause, this was getting painful.

“Sorry that what I say is sometimes hurtful.”

Thankfully, the pause ended and no further detail was required.  Whew!  Finally, I was on the other side of “Confession Time,”

Any who, long story short, I’m forgiven now.  Lord knows, I didn’t earn it, but I’ll sure take it anyway.