A Quiet Conscience
I have been blameless before him.
Psalms 18:23 (NIV)
David declares with rare boldness: I have been blameless before him, keeping myself from sin. Before God, clean consciences aloud. No sinless perfection — David knew his confessional psalms — but direction sans duplicity: guarded from evil like guarding treasure. Blameless means self-guarding, never trip-free.
Priceless rest flows from clean consciences. Soft pillows never offset heavy consciences; hard mattresses with peace beat fluffy beds with guilt. Daily guarding against evil — eyes, hands, words — yields righteous sleep: retiring sans reviewing sins, waking sans fearing exposures. Peaceful consciences are invisible mattresses money never buys.
Guarding yourself today at one point: eyes from impurity, hands from others' goods, tongues from lies. A quiet conscience: sleeping today owing nobody anything.
Guarded sleepers; careless ones watch guilts. Choosing self-guarding today. Guard yourself well starting today. Invisible mattresses support righteous sleep nightly. Lie down today reviewing no old guilts. Settled accounts yield tranquil nights. Blood-bought peace covers whole nights. Guarded sleepers rest; guilty watchers toss. Choose guarding over regretting. Confess quickly and sleep deeply. Peace outweighs pillows greatly always. Sleep clean tonight.
And if you failed, confessing fast: Christ's blood washes consciences in minutes.