Good Thursday morning! Welcome to the 'ber months. September has arrived and August will fade into history once more. The new month brings... and this is really a bit much for simply changing a few calendar pages around the house. The truth is that even with different pictures on our calendars a change from one month to the next is often not particularly noticeable outside in the world. We get the same thing at the start of each year. I think some folks seek out a massive hangover just to feel that the morning is somewhat different than the final few of the past year. With our short-range viewpoint, it is kind of hard for us to see the wonderful things God is doing every day. Our vision is limited to what we can recall from the past, the moment, and a few educated guesses about the future. As we grow older, the past gets cluttered up and harder to recall, the moment seems to slip by more quickly, and the future looks like the approach to a big blank wall. Wow, maybe we should just look for a nice, enjoyable, Labor Day weekend.
Good Thursday morning! We'll just forget all that and move on ahead with something more uplifting. If you have some loot to spend, the Labor Day sales ads are piling up in my inbox. One set of neighbors got to leave last night for their weekend. That is always a good sign. I like to see someone taking some time off. School around here does kind of limit the Labor Day for most folks though. Perhaps 'set' isn't quite the word to use when referring to the family across the street. Husband, wife, and a child who has reached the age of "must watch" mobility. Without parental restrictions she would be into everything and into a lot of trouble in no time. We think we understand that, but do we ever look at God's Law that way?
Without the Law we too would soon be in deep trouble and, just maybe, extreme danger in very little time. Last night I watched an old western movie. You will probably recognize it right away. A man enters a shooting contest, wins a rifle, and as he enters his hotel room he is jumped by two fellows and the rifle is stolen. My first thought was, "Wow, now that is covetousness! ... and theft." So often a violation of one of God's laws results in the violation of another almost immediately. Coveting will lead to stealing. Committing adultery hardly honors your father and mother and is stealing the spouse from your neighbor. Bowing down to an idol is not keeping God first in your life. When we sin it is often hard to say that "I committed only this or that violation." Usually we are caught in more than one sin at the same time.
Might as well admit it all and just let God know that you know that you have sinned. We don't repent to let God know; He already knows our sin. We repent to be in agreement with our Lord and seek His forgiveness. Praise God that Jesus paid the price for that destructive and deadly little word, sin, and gave us the Way to eternal life!
Enjoy the day in Christ!
Bucky
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