Remove our Sin and Iniquity.

 Remove Our Sin and Iniquity

A Reflection on Psalm 51:2, Isaiah 1:18, and 1 John 1:9

Remove our sin and iniquity—not a surface, shallow clean,

But a deep, interior washing, a making whole and pristine.

The stain of scarlet, the crimson thread that clings,

Wash it in the fountain that from Calvary springs.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. (Psalm 51:2)

Our iniquity—the twisted bent, the crooked way we choose,

The stubborn heart that will not bend, the grace we often lose.

Uproot the patterns, break the generational chain.

Let Your mercy fall like healing, liberating rain.

Our sin—the deeds of thought and word and flesh,

The secret shame, the public fall, the mess.

Not to earn forgiveness, but to receive the gift,

To let the cross’s mercy give our weary spirits lift.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)

Remove them, Lord—as far as east from west.

Let the accuser’s voice be silenced, let our souls find rest.

Clothe us in Your righteousness, white as snow,

That only Your love and glory in our lives may grow.

“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” (Isaiah 1:18)

Amen.