…through your guilty conscience?

…through a personal hell of mental torture?

…every time you have to play-act in front of others?

…through every lie you tell to cover it up?

…at the self-loathing you feel for doing such a thing?

…through the doubts that weaken you?

…for the wall that it puts up between you and God?

Is it really worth it?

What joy for those whose record the LORD has cleared of sin, whose lives are lived in complete honesty! When I refused to confess my sin, I was weak and miserable, and I groaned all day long. Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide them. I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the LORD.” And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.

Psalm 32:2-5