Are you the sinner-in-touch-with-your-sin or Simon-in-denial?
In helping you to answer that question, I want to make a few points you should keep in mind. Today, this:
We all need God’s love and forgiveness.
A lot of us probably think from time to time that we don’t. We run along — more or less doing the right thing, more or less considerate of our neighbors, more or less aware of God.
In fact, there are points in our lives —- most of them really, really early —- when it’s easy to suppose that most people are “basically good,” as the expression goes.
We had a grandson born this week. Henry is his name— and it’s hard to believe that all of the spoiling, care, love, and concern could be more than Henry deserves. In fact, it is tempting to argue that he is the exception that proves the rule. He is just perfect.
But, in truth, babies are the symbol of innocence and not fifty something old men for a reason. They haven’t been around long enough to make mistakes, hurt people, be hurt, mislead, be misled —-
Henry may never do any really outstandingly awful things — I hope for his sake he finds a way to avoid life’s hardest experiences. But we all accumulate what my wife and I call “road dust” — and I bet you have too. And as you age, the road dust accumulates and the need for forgiveness — given and received — becomes clearer.
and as we age, it’s so hard to shake off the “road dust” and operate with a clean slate, which is what we have in Christ. May we all have that clean slate in mind as we go from day to day in Him!
Congrats on the grandson. Your blog is simply the best of its kind. paul
Paul, thanks for the kind words. I am enjoying following your work. I hope all is well! God’s keeping, Fred