Oh, Lamb of God, I come, I come

Ok, so I waited until the last minute of this week to read the first chapter of our book Who Is Jesus? And I have now just read it twice and parts 3x as I read it aloud to my husband Mike. I was so impacted by
Lamb
takes away
sin
world
World
sin
takes away
Lamb
that I started to cry.

What convicted me most was the section on sin. I know my sin put Jesus on the cross but I was thinking about individual sins not sin as the "all encompassing, self-centeredness, a need to control in order to get what I want, an attitude that colors every relationship...." (Keith Miller). I wanted to shout NO NO NO but, truly, I am addicted to putting myself in the center of my personal world. I need the Lamb of the Daily Sacrifice...actually I need the Lamb of the Minute-by-Minute Sacrifice.

I praise God that I can open my heart to HIM and the guilt is taken away (the sin was already taken away).  As His blood washes layer after layer of self-centeredness off me, His ointment of love, peace, and contentment cover me. I have hope.