If honest and open communication are central to a good relationship, then this must be true for our relationship with God also. But God is so much more than just a "friend". He is King, Judge, Father, AND Friend. How do we communicate openly and honestly with God who is King? How do we communicate honestly which God who is judge - and especially when we know full well we're guilty. It's impossible to be dishonest with someone who already knows. The only person I fool when I lie to someone who already knows?? It's me! So honesty with God is really nothing more than telling God what He already knew. So it's really just taking what was "off the table for conversation" and putting it "on the table".
But isn't that a bit risky? Telling God that I've messed up opens my guilty self to God and now there is no longer even the pretense of hiding something. Now all that is left is dealing with what has been done, or left undone.
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