Proverbs 28:13 (MSG)

You can’t whitewash your sins and get by with it; you find mercy by admitting and leaving them.

Admitting fault is difficult.

Thank you, I will take my Nobel Prize for Obviousness. No, it's harder than you realized. Seven years ago in a New York Times op-ed piece Paul Krugman said that we suffer from an "epidemic of infallibility."

It's only gotten worse.

It's a destructive force with a mind of its own.

Hiding your wrongdoing doesn't mean you haven't done wrong. Whether it's because of pride, fear, or shame, concealing it only prolongs your suffering.

We need to own our failures and wrongdoings.

That's where our journey to wisdom begins.

Then we can seek forgiveness and make amends. By doing so, we unlock the grace needed to heal and grow, as Proverbs 28:13 teaches us.

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