The past, oh I dont know, 2 weeks I've been thinking a lot about sin. How we always find a way to fall back into it one way or another. I contemplated several ideas.
1. We like control. Sin is something we choose to do. (Cor. says He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear...) So maybe we sin cause thats our way of "taking control."
2. I also considered the idea of sin becoming an escape. When we know we've screwed up the last thing we want to do is to go before the Lord, thus we just wallow in our sin making it an escape. Cause we know that God will push us out of our comfort zones so we continue to sit in filth.
I was reading Psalms this week and Psalms 7:14 stuck out at me.
"He who is pregnant with evil and concieves trouble gives birth to disillusionment."
When I read that I imagined a young mother. She just found out she is pregnant. At this point the baby is small no bigger than a pin head. Over the next nine months she nurtures it, helps it grow, til at long last she gives birth. That baby that grew inside her will always have a special place in her life.
BAM!
Sin works the same way. It starts small, then we feed it, and before we know it's full grown and has that hold over us, like a baby has over its mother.
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BAM!
Stephen – I loved this entry. Lovelovelovelove. You should speak up more often… you’re intelligent and actually have interesting points besides funny side comments [I knew this, but not everyone does!] YAY!
And I think you’re so right. I agree that sin has become another aspect of distrust and control. Deciding to sin is something we can [and do] control, and so often SINNING takes more effort than not. The safest [and most terrifying] place to be is in the center of His will, and outside of His will, we are in control.
This makes me happy! Yayayayayay!!! you are GREAT, poop!!!!!!
I feel really convicted.
sigh.
Now I have more thinking to do.
i love how people use these analogies on us our whole lives and we never fully grasp it until we want to.
Good Thoughts. Also, "BAM" makes me think of The Office: "Boom, roasted!" ~Michael Scott
Psh, Elizabeth isn't the only one who knows about the other side of you.
If you aren't pregnant with good, you're pregnant with bad.
i have a question about this.
not sin, obviously...
lol
but why did you choose this picture for this???
i'm curious.
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