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Maltbie Davenport Babcock: "Kecuali kita cukup menyadari dosa-dosa kit...

"Kecuali kita cukup menyadari dosa-dosa kita dengan menyebut namanya, tidak ada gunanya mengatakan apa pun tentang mereka sama sekali. Ketika kita berdoa memohon pengampunan, izinkanlah kita mengatakan, "emosiku," atau "ketidakbenaran," atau "kesombongan," "keegoisanku, pengecut, kemalasan, kecemburuan, pembalasan, ketidakmurnian." Untuk mengenali dosa-dosa kita, kita harus memandangnya di muka dan memanggilnya dengan nama yang benar, betapapun kerasnya. Kejujuran dalam pengakuan menuntut kepastian dalam pengakuan."

--- Maltbie Davenport Babcock

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Unless we realize our sins enough to call them by name, it is hardly worth while to say anything about them at all. When we pray for forgiveness, let us say, "my temper," or "untruthfulness," or "pride," "my selfishness, my cowardice, indolence, jealousy, revenge, impurity." To recognize our sins, we must look them in the face and call them by their right names, however hard. Honesty in confession calls for definiteness in confession.