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b'It was my turn to do laundry. At my house, wet laundry often gets hung out\\non a backyard clothesline to dry in the sunshine and breeze. Sometimes,\\nthough, we use our clothes dryer. But its timer broke years ago, so we have\\nto set a separate timer when we use the dryer.\\n.\\nOne afternoon, I was using the dryer and a load of laundry seemed slow to\\nfinish drying. I restarted it and reset my timer. When the timer buzzed, I\\nchecked the laundry again. One towel remained damp. I returned it to the\\ndryer to continue drying. Only I forgot to set a timer this time. For the\\nrest of the day\\u2014and night\\u2014the dryer ran without me (or anybody else in my\\nfamily) realizing it. The next morning,\\nI discovered the clothes dryer still in action. After stopping the machine,\\nI snatched the towel out and stomped off to confront my family.\\n.\\nWhen they all denied leaving the dryer on, I recalled I\\u2019d been the one to\\nleave it running for almost eighteen hours. I sheepishly apologized for my\\nunfair accusations, acknowledging my own mistake and my need for their\\nforgiveness after the way I\\u2019d treated them.\\n.\\nBeing honest about our sins is part of living as a follower of Jesus. When\\nwe put our trust in Jesus, He brings us into a relationship with God and\\nmakes us part of His family. On top of that, we receive all the forgiveness\\nwe\\u2019ll ever need because He provided the payment for our sins when He died\\non the cross and rose from the dead. That means we can be honest about our\\nfailures because we know that God already sees all our sin, and He loves us\\nunconditionally. Since we belong to Jesus, we can humbly acknowledge our\\nmistakes and sins, take responsibility for them, and move forward in the\\ngrace He gives. \\u2022 Allison Wilson Lee\\n.\\n\\u2022 While forgetting about a laundry machine is a mistake, lashing out\\nagainst others in anger is a sin (Galatians 5:13-15). Thankfully, God wants\\nto forgive our sins, and He also wants to help us when we make mistakes.\\nHow could these truths give us hope when we mess up?\\n.\\n\\u2022 As followers of Jesus, we are called to be humble, to treat each other\\nwell, and to forgive one another when we mess up. How does knowing Jesus\\nmake it possible for us to be honest with each other about our failures?\\n.\\nHumble yourselves, therefore, under God\\u2019s mighty hand, that he may lift you\\nup in due time. 1 Peter 5:6 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nEph.4.25-Eph.5.2|1Pet.5.6'