When sin has come in between us and our God, we need not try to get back into His presence as
if nothing had happened. Saints under the dispensation of grace though we be, we must never
forget that we have to do with a God of truth as well as of grace. Righteousness and judgment are
still the habitation of His throne. There is only one way back to His holy presence, namely by
humiliation and confession; and the depth of our restoration will just be in proportion to the depth
of our confession.

"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:a broken and contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not
despise." Psalm 51:17.

"For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation." II Cor. 7:10

"Listen, oh listen, my Father, all holy!
Humble and sorrowful, owning my sin,
Hear me confess in my penitence lowly
How in my weakness, temptation came in."