I'm one of those people who corrects people when they use the wrong tense of words or grammar. I know, it's a curse and extremely annoying for me and everyone around me. I was on the phone with a friend the other day when she was telling me about her Friday night. She mentioned that something "kinda" happened and it wasn't "really" anything big but she "sorta" didn't know what to do. She never actually said what she had done but by her context clues I could take the hint.
It's true that sin doesn't become real until you say it. So often we try to water-down our behavior by adding in words that don't even exist to make something that you did sound less terrible. Instead of admitting you stole a pack of gum from the store you might say you may have taken a stick of gum while walking out of Walmart. Oh, so that's not bad; you only sort of hit a guy with a knife, but he made you angry. That doesn't change the fact the man is now dead. Constantly, myself included, admit to things we have done only to subconsciously feel better about it to those around us who we know won't judge us too harshly for our actions but dare not say them around those who we know will unveil us for whom we truly are. I mess up, I make mistakes, and I'd hope I'm not the only one who can admit that. But all of that dirtiness is brought to the surface once we actually say it, but all of it is suddenly wiped away once we repent.
That's the funny thing about sin, it doesn't matter how you say it or whom you admit that sin to, it's still real and unmistakably faulty if you don't clean that slate and start fresh by letting it go. You'll begin to be molded once you let go of who you are and allow who you're supposed to be take place.
