There are a lot of things that people find hard to do for one reason or another. Probably the hardest thing to do is to admit that we are wrong. Have you ever found yourself arguing about something that didn’t matter? It made no difference who was right or who was wrong, it wasn’t going to cost you money if you were wrong, no one was going to think less of you, it just did not matter, and you still didn’t want to admit that you were wrong. Now this is when it doesn’t matter that we are wrong, imagine how hard it is to admit that we are wrong about something that really matters; or worse yet, when we have to admit that we have done something wrong. Admitting wrong hurts our pride, it damages our self-esteem. Unfortunately, it is necessary for us to face the facts when we are wrong. You cannot fix a problem that you will not admit that you have. You cannot fix a mistake that you will not admit that you have made. In Colossians 3:13 the apostle Paul says, “bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.” If you have a complaint against me, you are to be willing to forgive me just as Christ was willing to forgive. We need to remember though, that forgiveness requires confession and repentance. In Luke 17:3-4 Jesus said, “Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.” We must be willing to admit that we are wrong in order to repent, and the most important part is being willing to admit our wrong to ourselves. This is why confession is so important. 1 John 1:8-9 says, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Confession is for our benefit, not God’s. God knows what we have done, we just need to be willing to admit it to ourselves and to Him. “He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.” (Proverbs 28:13).