Seeing sin for what it is: vomit and mud

It has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to its own vomit, and, “A washed sow returns to wallowing in the mud.” (2 Peter 2:22-23)

Father, help me to see my sin for what it is: vomit and mud.

How often, though, do I get pulled back to it because I don’t see it as vomit and mud?

I don’t want to return to and eat my own vomit. I don’t want to go back to wallowing in the mud.

I want to be clean in your sight. So when the tides of my flesh, my instincts, feelings, and desires start pulling me back to that vomit and mud, help me to go against the tide and follow you.

Jesus, clothe me in your righteousness and holiness. I want to know the freedom and joy that is in you. In your name, I pray. Amen