Secret Wins
What if instead of holding secret sins in our hearts we held secret wins: good deeds and God-encounters about which no soul but our own knows.
Sin held inside is a wildfire, ruthlessly ravaging our soul and our body. It should be confessed immediately to God and verbally to a trusted friend-priest (in Christ we are all priests) who will proclaim those words of freedom and health that every heart longs to hear: “In the name of Jesus, you are forgiven”.
But goodness held inside is a fire in its place. It brings warmth and light and heat to body and soul. Good secrets between friends breed intimacy. After Jesus reveals His glory to Peter, James, and John He tells them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen until…” There may come a time to tell of our special moment with God or a good deed we’ve done in Jesus Name, but we must wait for the word from the Master to do so. Until then we can, like Mary, “ponder these things in our hearts.”
