Well, this was a real wake up call.
Over the past several years, during this little hiatus, my loving wife has tried on more than one occasion to try and offer suggestions to get me back on track. Each time I've tried to politely tell her to butt out. I really wasn't open to it.
Now this morning I find on my desk a note from her with the Romans passage and the thought that maybe, just maybe I think my sins are different or worse than other peoples sins and my way of dealing with it is different than other peoples. When all along, there is no difference, sin is sin and God deals with it all in the same manner - through the Cross.
Uhm....my first reaction (sorry honey) was to say to myself, "why doesn't she just stay out of it".
Then I began to think about what she said. Maybe she is right. Maybe I do think that for some reason, that my "situation" is somehow different or unique and has a category all it's own in God's framework of redemption. How bold is that?! How cocky can one man be?!
The Psalmist said "what is man that you are mindful of him".... perhaps if he read my thoughts he might say, "who the hell are you to think that you are that unique?"
When Paul talks about those folks "clinging to their own way of getting right with God" that is something that resonates with me. Now, how I bounce that up against that concept of apostasy I'm not sure. To me, that's the issue. At least I think it is.
Oh my....
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I think it is funny how much importance we all place on ourselves. Some of us see ourselves as much more wretched than others and some of see ourselves as 'not as bad' as the next guy. We forget that sin is sin. Period. We're all sinners and God doesn't seem to have a sliding scale that he measures us against. He pours out mercy and grace on all of us when we are ready to fess up -- whether we've screwed up for the millionth time or have turned our back on Him.
Those are my thoughts anyway...
Yes, it's pretty easy to get inwardly focused and skew the standard.
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