Dirty Laundry

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Feb 12, 2025 · 4m

READ: ISAIAH 1:18; 1 JOHN 1:6–2:2 Have you ever accidentally folded a basket of dirty laundry? At first, you probably didn’t even notice the clothes weren’t clean. But, when you took a closer look (or smell), you could probably tell that the clothes had been worn. If you decided to just fold them up and put them away, you wouldn’t deceive anyone—soon enough it would become apparent that the clothes hadn’t been washed. Hiding it doesn’t help. It’s the same way when we sin. If we try to hide things we’ve done wrong, we only deceive ourselves. If we try to convince ourselves that some wrong…