and the CLOSENESS is broken until we confess and repent. Unconfessed sin -- a critical thought, a harboured grudge, doubt, fear, anger, impatience, an unloving gesture, harsh words, failure to show compassion etc may be the "pencil mark" which interferes with our contact with God and our fellowship with one another. If we have "pencil marks" marring our fellowship we need an "eraser" - and praise God we HAVE one. The blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanses us from all sin [1 John 1:7] and not only cleanses us but completely removes the sin "as far as the east is from the west" [Psalm 103:12] To have the closest fellowship with our Lord we need to keep short accounts with God. Thoughts from Mr Anon: ** A HOLY GOD can require of man NOTHING LESS than HOLINESS. ** SIN cannot be REDUCED to MANAGEABLE proportions. ** SIN always RUINS where it REIGNS ** EVERY sin is a vote for the devil. Share this: Like this: About meetingintheclouds I am Cloudwatcher, a 76 year old Christian lady, happily married to a wonderful man for over 50 years. We have five wonderful sons, all with at least one University degree and in top positions in their chosen fields. One son is still single but four have found perfect wives and they have given us five lovely grandchildren. I was born in England and while I'm proud of my English heritage, I am doubly proud to be a true-blue, fair-dinkum Aussie. My