If you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved! Romans 10:9

Confessions

I told a lie…

And the nail was hammered more deeply into Jesus’s wrist.

The devil giggled and said, “She’s mine!”

I broke a promise…

And the nail was pounded farther into Jesus’s feet.

The devil clapped his hands with glee and said, “She’s mine!”

Someone needed my compassion, but I turned away…

And the spear was plunged into Jesus’s side.

The devil smirked and said, “She’s mine!”

Then – through the blood, the sweat, the tears, the unbearable agony –

Jesus looked at me

With grace

And with steel in his eyes, he turned to the devil and said,

“Get thee behind me Satan!

“I love her.  She’s MINE!”

And Jesus?

I love him.

He’s mine.

– Marcia Bentley