Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Brad.

Our reading titled Slow Walking Sin Out the Door was written by Adam R. Holes.

Winston knows he's not supposed to chew them, so he's adopted a sly strategy.

We call it slow walking.

If Winston spies a discarded, unguarded shoe, he'll casually meander in that direction,

grab it, and just keep walking.

Slowly.

Nothing to see here, right out the door if no one notices.

Uh, mom, Winston just slow walked your shoe out the door. It's apparent that sometimes we think

we can slow walk our sin past God. We're tempted to think that he won't notice.

It's no big deal, we rationalize, whatever it is.

But like Winston, we know better.

We know those choices don't please God.

Like Adam and Eve in the garden, we may try to hide due to the shame of our sin or pretend like it didn't happen.

But Scripture invites us to do something very different, to run to God's mercy and forgiveness.

Proverbs 2813 tells us, whoever conceals their sin does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces

them finds mercy. We don't have to try to slow walk our sin and hope no one notices. When we tell

the truth about our choices, to ourselves, to God, to a trusted friend, we can find

freedom from the guilt and shame of carrying secret sin.

Today's Our Daily Bread Devotional Scripture reading is from Proverbs 28 verses 13 through 18.

Whoever conceals their sin does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them

finds mercy. Blessed is the one who always trembles before God, but whoever hardens their

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